Re: Match Pattern Proposal

Grosso, Paul wrote:
> I prefer select semantics all around.
> 
> Given (per Richard's comment) match semantics don't
> help with the streaming issue, what (other than
> personal preference) are the advantages of match
> over select?

They do help in a big way.  There are predicates that
can prevent streaming without caching or, in the worst
case, having the whole document.

Match patterns limit this analysis to predicates.

--Alex Milowski

Received on Thursday, 2 November 2006 15:11:36 UTC