welll in that case you want to put the test in the matching template not
in the select

<xsl:apply-templates select="$x1"/>

<xsl:template match="something">
 <xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="count(.|$x2)=count($x2)">A
<xsl:otherwise>B

David

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