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Subject: Re: [xsl] Suggestions for naming files based on starting node?
From: Chris von See <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:35:07 -0700

I agree. Although I'm pretty much wedded to Saxon-B I just hate to rely on what I'd consider to be a "beneficial side-effect" of Saxon processing...


On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Colin Adams wrote:
On 16/04/2008, Chris von See <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Using generate-id() also works for points 1 and 3 above, and (using Saxon-B
9.0.0.4) it *appears* to generate ascending IDs, but I don't know if I can
depend on this as an ordering mechanism.

You certainly cant rely on such behaviour to be portable across processors, as the spec. doesn t mandate it.


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