Ideally, both: > myDocument / 'entity' @ 'name' > > or > > myDocument / #entity @ #name.
should work. You are here defining a small api to formulate xpath queries, which is great. However, I am not sure that your api will cover all features offered by xpath. The syntax "myDocument xPath: 'entity/@name’” may also be supported. Alexandre > On Sep 17, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are there some best practices regarding using strings and symbols? > > For example I am processing XML and I might query it via xpath... > > myDocument xPath: 'entity/@name', > > or > > myDocument xPath: #'entity/@name' > > or > > myDocument / 'entity' @ 'name' > > or > > myDocument / #entity @ #name. > > So does it make sense to prefer one over the other here? > > Any opinion/advice appreciated, > > Peter -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.
