RE: How to list the internally assigned priority of al

> Ok, a given XSL stylesheet contains multiple 
> 
> <xsl:template match=...>
> 
> rules. The XSLT processor assigns to each of them a priority 
> (value between -0.25 and 0.5) according to some calculation spec. 
> 
> Can I somehow list these (internally) assigned priorities ?

Try -explain on the Saxon command line
> 
> Assume I want a priority ranking according to the textual 
> sequence in the script.
> That means the higher the template is mentioned in the xsl 
> src text the higher the priority should be.
> Can I somehow tell Saxon to use this priority rule instead of 
> the default priority calculation?

Transform the stylesheet before submitting it to Saxon to add explicit
priority attributes.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/