Re: Merging two parallel paths: does the merge step wait until both paths finish?

"Toman_Vojtech@emc.com" <Toman_Vojtech@emc.com> writes:

>> Suppose one path finishes before the other. Will this "merge 
>> step" wait until both p:pipe elements get a value?
>
> Yes, it will. Or to put it better, it will only be executed when all the
> steps it depends on have finished.

Or to sharpen the point even further: it won't finish before all of
the steps it depends on have finished :-) 

There's nothing about XProc that prevents the merging step from
starting right away, as long as it waits for all of its inputs before
it finishes.

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                                          norm

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