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| -rw-r--r-- | luatexbase-attr.dtx | 11 |
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 |