Counter[way=bypage] bug in latest beta?

Counter[way=bypage] bug in latest beta?

[mf]

Hello list,
consider this example, involving a number (counter) to be reset at each
page:

\starttext
\definenumber[MyNumber][way=bypage] % MyNumber=0
\incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=1
\incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=2
mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber]. % prints 2
\page % MyNumber=0
\incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=1
At the new page, mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber].
\stoptext

In ConTeXt 2014.05.21 22:04 (the one I get as Debian package) it works
as expected, giving MyNumber=1 at page 2, because MyNumber gets reset
at page break.
In the latest beta (and also in 2014.04.01) the counter does not reset
and it's equal to 3 at the end of page 2.

Another question: when you comment out the increment at page 2, the
counter does not reset, and you get 2 even in version 2014.05.21.

\starttext
\definenumber[MyNumber][way=bypage] % MyNumber=0
\incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=1
\incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=2
mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber]. % prints 2
\page % MyNumber=0
% \incrementnumber[MyNumber] COMMENTED OUT
At the new page, mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber]. % prints 2
\stoptext

Is this a bug or is it the way it should work when you don't increment
it?
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Re: Counter[way=bypage] bug in latest beta?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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> mf <mailto:massifr@fastwebnet.it>
> 29. Juni 2015 14:35
> Hello list,
> consider this example, involving a number (counter) to be reset at each
> page:
>
> \starttext
> \definenumber[MyNumber][way=bypage] % MyNumber=0
> \incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=1
> \incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=2
> mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber]. % prints 2
> \page % MyNumber=0
> \incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=1
> At the new page, mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber].
> \stoptext
>
> In ConTeXt 2014.05.21 22:04 (the one I get as Debian package) it works
> as expected, giving MyNumber=1 at page 2, because MyNumber gets reset
> at page break.
> In the latest beta (and also in 2014.04.01) the counter does not reset
> and it's equal to 3 at the end of page 2.
>
> Another question: when you comment out the increment at page 2, the
> counter does not reset, and you get 2 even in version 2014.05.21.
>
> \starttext
> \definenumber[MyNumber][way=bypage] % MyNumber=0
> \incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=1
> \incrementnumber[MyNumber] % MyNumber=2
> mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber]. % prints 2
> \page % MyNumber=0
> % \incrementnumber[MyNumber] COMMENTED OUT
> At the new page, mynumber is \rawcountervalue[MyNumber]. % prints 2
> \stoptext
>
> Is this a bug or is it the way it should work when you don't increment it?
It’s a bug and hopefully fixed in a new beta but the counter is only reset
when you increment the value.

BTW: The names for the counter commands are \...counter, e.g.

\definecounter[testcounter][way=bypage]

\define\TestCounter
   {\incrementcounter[testcounter]
   %\convertedcounter[testcounter]
    \rawcountervalue [testcounter]}

\starttext
\dorecurse{3}{\TestCounter\page}
\stoptext

Wolfgang

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Re: Counter[way=bypage] bug in latest beta?

[mf]

> > 
> BTW: The names for the counter commands are \...counter, e.g.
> 
> \definecounter[testcounter][way=bypage]
> 
> \define\TestCounter
>   {\incrementcounter[testcounter]
>   %\convertedcounter[testcounter]
>    \rawcountervalue [testcounter]}
> 
> \starttext
> \dorecurse{3}{\TestCounter\page}
> \stoptext
> 
> Wolfgang

Thanks Wolfgang.
I used \definenumber, \incrementnumber, etc. because I read this:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Counters

Should that page be updated? I can do it, but I'd like to know
something more about the two forms:

Is \definenumber the mkII way and \definecounter the mkIV one?

Or are they simply synomyms, being \definecounter the preferred one?

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