> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:49:59PM +0100, Gerald Richter wrote:
> > Main new feature since 2.0b3 is the beginning support for XML, namely
using
> > libxslt or Xalan to do XSLT transformations and the implementing of
recipes,
>
> lets just say i was going to compile embperl for use by lots of people..
>
> should i link it against libxslt or xalan?
>

it depends...

> are there any noticeable differences?

libxslt seems to be faster, at least sometimes, Xalan has more features and
more complete implementation of the specs

> are the two interchangable (from the XLST point of view)?
>

As long as you do not very complex stuff: yes.

> i presume embperl will default to whatever it was linked against?

At the moment there is no default, you have to set it via EMBPERL_XSLTPROC

> (can it be compiled with both simultaneously?)
>

Yes, you can compile with both simultaneously and choose at runtime, either
by setting EMBPERL_XSLTPROC or by choosing the recipe

Gerald

P.S. There is a compile problem with the very newset version of libxslt, I
append the file driver/eplibxslt.c which fixes this.

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