XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Michael Kay" <mike AT saxonica.com>]

Back in my assembler days, we always counted down where possible because
comparing with zero took one instruction and comparing with anything else
took two. But heaven only knows whether that's a universal truth!

Michael Kay 

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> [mailto:xom-interest-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Elliotte Harold
> Sent: 22 November 2004 10:54
> To: Wolfgang Hoschek
> Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes performance patch
> 
> Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:
> 
> >         for (int i=attributes.size(); --i >= 0; ) {
> 
> Is there a particular reason you're counting down instead of up here? 
> Are you just trying to avoid calling attributes.size() more than once?
> 
> -- 
> Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
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