%D \module
%D   [       file=luatex-basics,
%D        version=2009.12.01,
%D          title=\LUATEX\ Support Macros,
%D       subtitle=Attribute Allocation,
%D         author=Hans Hagen,
%D           date=\currentdate,
%D      copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}]

%D As soon as we feel the need this file will file will contain an extension
%D to the standard plain register allocation. For the moment we stick to a
%D rather dumb attribute allocator. We start at 256 because we don't want
%D any interference with the attributes used in the font handler.

\ifx\newattribute\undefined \else \endinput \fi

\newcount \lastallocatedattribute \lastallocatedattribute=255

\def\newattribute#1%
  {\global\advance\lastallocatedattribute 1
   \attributedef#1\lastallocatedattribute}

\endinput