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Re: ordering and iteration problem



> I take it that the generate-id() is needed because there is no other
> way to test for node identity?

that's why it is there, but there is another way nodes $a and $b are
identical if
count($a|$b)=1
there was a thread a while back as to whether
count($a|$b)=1 was better than  generate-id($a)=generate-id($b)
the answer seemed to be it depends on the processor.

David

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