>>>>> "Francesco" == Francesco Barresi <kywocs@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >> Well, the length of the XPATH expression in characters gives an
    >> idea, I think.
    Francesco> I'm far from know enough about the subject to give some
    Francesco> advice, but the length of an XPATH expression doesn't
    Francesco> necessarily give the complexity of the expression, for
    Francesco> example this two expressions does the same thing but
    Francesco> the length is very different:

    Francesco> //somenode[@someattribute]
    Francesco> /rootnode/descendant-or-self::somenode[attribute::someattribute]

And so is the time to understand the two, which was my point.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire