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Re: [xsl] Cheaper to prepend or append an item to a sequence?

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On 22 February 2011 11:27, Costello, Roger L. <costello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> When adding an item to a sequence, it is: (circle the correct answer)
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> (a) Cheaper to add the item to the front of the sequence
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> (b) Cheaper to add the item to the end of the sequence
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> (c) Costs the same to add the item to the front or to the end
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> (d) The cost varies depending on the XSLT processor


Well, an item isnt really added to existing sequence, an new sequence
is created from the old one plus the new item... so ultimately it
might be best to create the larger sequence in the first place, then
get the smaller sequence using subsequence()...

I know you are after a theoretical answer but in practice that sort of
thing is rarely a big cost.  The best tip here is, if you are only
using the values of the nodes, then use a sequence of atomics instead
of nodes.  For example:

<item>1</item>
<item>2</item>
<item>3</item>

instead of:

<xsl:variable name="items" select="/path/to/item">

do

<xsl:variable name="items" select="/path/to/item/xs:integer(.)"
as="xs:integer+"/>



-- 
Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com

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