1 files changed, 69 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/src/fontloader/runtime/fontloader-basics-gen.lua b/src/fontloader/runtime/fontloader-basics-gen.lua
index 871e548..8ea93cc 100644
--- a/src/fontloader/runtime/fontloader-basics-gen.lua
+++ b/src/fontloader/runtime/fontloader-basics-gen.lua
@@ -258,45 +258,83 @@ function caches.is_writable(path,name)
     return fullname and file.is_writable(fullname)
 end
 
-function caches.loaddata(paths,name)
-    for i=1,#paths do
-        local data = false
-        local luaname, lucname = makefullname(paths[i],name)
-        if lucname and not lfs.isfile(lucname) and type(caches.compile) == "function" then
-            -- in case we used luatex and luajittex mixed ... lub or luc file
-            texio.write(string.format("(compiling luc: %s)",lucname))
-            data = loadfile(luaname)
-            if data then
-                data = data()
-            end
-            if data then
-                caches.compile(data,luaname,lucname)
-                return data
-            end
+-- function caches.loaddata(paths,name)
+--     for i=1,#paths do
+--         local data = false
+--         local luaname, lucname = makefullname(paths[i],name)
+--         if lucname and not lfs.isfile(lucname) and type(caches.compile) == "function" then
+--             -- in case we used luatex and luajittex mixed ... lub or luc file
+--             texio.write(string.format("(compiling luc: %s)",lucname))
+--             data = loadfile(luaname)
+--             if data then
+--                 data = data()
+--             end
+--             if data then
+--                 caches.compile(data,luaname,lucname)
+--                 return data
+--             end
+--         end
+--         if lucname and lfs.isfile(lucname) then -- maybe also check for size
+--             texio.write(string.format("(load luc: %s)",lucname))
+--             data = loadfile(lucname)
+--             if data then
+--                 data = data()
+--             end
+--             if data then
+--                 return data
+--             else
+--                 texio.write(string.format("(loading failed: %s)",lucname))
+--             end
+--         end
+--         if luaname and lfs.isfile(luaname) then
+--             texio.write(string.format("(load lua: %s)",luaname))
+--             data = loadfile(luaname)
+--             if data then
+--                 data = data()
+--             end
+--             if data then
+--                 return data
+--             end
+--         end
+--     end
+-- end
+
+function caches.loaddata(readables,name,writable)
+    for i=1,#readables do
+        local path   = readables[i]
+        local loader = false
+        local luaname, lucname = makefullname(path,name)
+        if lfs.isfile(lucname) then
+            loader = loadfile(lucname)
         end
-        if lucname and lfs.isfile(lucname) then -- maybe also check for size
-            texio.write(string.format("(load luc: %s)",lucname))
-            data = loadfile(lucname)
-            if data then
-                data = data()
+        if not loader and lfs.isfile(luaname) then
+            -- can be different paths when we read a file database from disk
+            local luacrap, lucname = makefullname(writable,name)
+            texio.write(string.format("(compiling luc: %s)",lucname))
+            if lfs.isfile(lucname) then
+                loader = loadfile(lucname)
             end
-            if data then
-                return data
+            caches.compile(data,luaname,lucname)
+            if lfs.isfile(lucname) then
+                texio.write(string.format("(load luc: %s)",lucname))
+                loader = loadfile(lucname)
             else
                 texio.write(string.format("(loading failed: %s)",lucname))
             end
-        end
-        if luaname and lfs.isfile(luaname) then
-            texio.write(string.format("(load lua: %s)",luaname))
-            data = loadfile(luaname)
-            if data then
-                data = data()
-            end
-            if data then
-                return data
+            if not loader then
+                texio.write(string.format("(load lua: %s)",luaname))
+                loader = loadfile(luaname)
+            else
+                texio.write(string.format("(loading failed: %s)",luaname))
             end
         end
+        if loader then
+            loader = loader()
+            collectgarbage("step")
+            return loader
+        end
     end
+    return false
 end
 
 function caches.savedata(path,name,data)