Re: [XSLT 2.0] Data types for a Basic XSLT processor

>>>>> "MK" == Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk> writes:

    MK> (a) I think there are likely to be very few stylesheets whose
    MK> performance will benefit noticeably from using 32-bit rather
    MK> than 64-bit arithmetic. If you're going to trade correctness
    MK> of output for speed of output, you need a very clear view of
    MK> how much performance you think you can gain by it.

But xs:decimal and xs:integer are NOT hardware types, limited to
64-bits of precision. At least, that's how I understand XML
Schema. I read them as being arbitrary precision numbers and integers
(with a cop-out clause).

My point was, why include xs:double (rather than xs:float - presumably
faster), and not include a hardware integer type?
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire