Measure it and see. If you can't see any difference, then it's not worth
bothering.

I suspect most XSLT processors generate essentially the same internal
code for both cases. So use the one that's more readable.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Carlos Barroso
> Sent: 02 July 2003 10:31
> To: xsl-list-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Which one's faster
> 
> 
> Hy there.
> I would lie to know which version is faster for the transformer:
> 
> Example 1:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 	<xsl:for-each select="SITE" />
> 		<p><a href="@url"></a></p>
> 	</xsl_for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> Example 2:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 	<xsl:for-each select="SITE" />
> 		<p>
> 		<a>
> 			<xsl:attribute name="href">
>                		<xsl:value-of select="@url" />
>             		</xsl:attribute>
> 		</a>
> 		</p>
> 	</xsl_for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> In resume, what's faster: creating the text directly or using 
> the <xsl:attribute> for generating the text?
> 
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