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-rw-r--r--luatexbase-attr.dtx11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/luatexbase-attr.dtx b/luatexbase-attr.dtx
index 923ad97..a3b2e46 100644
--- a/luatexbase-attr.dtx
+++ b/luatexbase-attr.dtx
@@ -351,13 +351,14 @@ module('luatexbase', package.seeall)
attributes = {}
% \end{macrocode}
%
-% The allocaton function. Unlike other registers, allocate starting from 1.
-% Some code (eg, font handling coming from Con\tex{}t) behaves strangely
-% with \verb+\attribute0+ and since there is plenty of room here, it
-% doesn't seem bad to ``loose'' one item in order to avoid this problem.
+% The allocation function. Unlike other registers, allocate starting from 255.
+% Some code (e.g., font handling coming from Con\tex{}t) behaves strangely
+% with \verb+\attribute0+. What is more the font loader allocates its own
+% attributes in the range from 127 to 254. Since there is plenty of room
+% here, it doesn't seem bad to skep a few items in order to avoid clashes.
%
% \begin{macrocode}
-local last_alloc = 0
+local last_alloc = 255
function new_attribute(name, silent)
if last_alloc >= 65535 then
if silent then