if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['node-res'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to node-ini.tex",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

local gmatch, format = string.gmatch, string.format
local copy_node, free_node, new_node = node.copy, node.free, node.new

--[[ldx--
<p>The next function is not that much needed but in <l n='context'/> we use
for debugging <l n='luatex'/> node management.</p>
--ldx]]--

nodes = nodes or { }

local reserved = { }

function nodes.register(n)
    reserved[#reserved+1] = n
    return n
end

function nodes.cleanup_reserved(nofboxes) -- todo
    nodes.tracers.steppers.reset() -- todo: make a registration subsystem
    local nr, nl = #reserved, 0
    for i=1,nr do
        free_node(reserved[i])
    end
    if nofboxes then
        local tb = tex.box
        for i=0,nofboxes do
            local l = tb[i]
            if l then
                free_node(tb[i])
                nl = nl + 1
            end
        end
    end
    reserved = { }
    return nr, nl, nofboxes -- can be nil
end

function nodes.usage()
    local t = { }
    for n, tag in gmatch(status.node_mem_usage,"(%d+) ([a-z_]+)") do
        t[tag] = n
    end
    return t
end

local pdfliteral = nodes.register(new_node("whatsit",8))   pdfliteral.mode = 1
local disc       = nodes.register(new_node("disc"))
local kern       = nodes.register(new_node("kern",1))
local penalty    = nodes.register(new_node("penalty"))
local glue       = nodes.register(new_node("glue"))
local glue_spec  = nodes.register(new_node("glue_spec"))
local glyph      = nodes.register(new_node("glyph",0))
local textdir    = nodes.register(new_node("whatsit",7))
local rule       = nodes.register(new_node("rule"))

function nodes.glyph(fnt,chr)
    local n = copy_node(glyph)
    if fnt then n.font = fnt end
    if chr then n.char = chr end
    return n
end
function nodes.penalty(p)
    local n = copy_node(penalty)
    n.penalty = p
    return n
end
function nodes.kern(k)
    local n = copy_node(kern)
    n.kern = k
    return n
end
function nodes.glue(width,stretch,shrink)
    local n, s = copy_node(glue), copy_node(glue_spec)
    s.width, s.stretch, s.shrink = width, stretch, shrink
    n.spec = s
    return n
end
function nodes.glue_spec(width,stretch,shrink)
    local s = copy_node(glue_spec)
    s.width, s.stretch, s.shrink = width, stretch, shrink
    return s
end
function nodes.disc()
    return copy_node(disc)
end
function nodes.pdfliteral(str)
    local t = copy_node(pdfliteral)
    t.data = str
    return t
end
function nodes.textdir(dir)
    local t = copy_node(textdir)
    t.dir = dir
    return t
end
function nodes.rule(w,h,d)
    local n = copy_node(rule)
    if w then n.width  = w end
    if h then n.height = h end
    if d then n.depth  = d end
    return n
end

statistics.register("cleaned up reserved nodes", function()
    return format("%s nodes, %s lists of %s", nodes.cleanup_reserved(tex.count["lastallocatedbox"]))
end) -- \topofboxstack

statistics.register("node memory usage", function() -- comes after cleanup !
    return status.node_mem_usage
end)