& XSLT > >>>> "Dimitre" == Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@[...].com> writes:

    > >  What do you mean by the ID?

    Dimitre>  I realize that this is implementation-dependent, but it
    Dimitre>  is practical not to pass long sequences by
    Dimitre>  value. Instead, they can be passed by reference.  The
    Dimitre>  reference is what I was referring to as the "ID" of the
    Dimitre>  sequence.

This is no good. That means two functions calls that pass the value 3
will not (usually) be memoized.

Now if long strings are being passed as arguments, then indeed the
cost of recognizinf them may be less than the cost of running a small
function.

I am inclined to drop my proposal alltogether.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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