[NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 1/19/2024 9:31 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
> I see code like
> 
> # define luametatex_version          210
> # define luametatex_revision         10
> # define luametatex_release          10
> # define luametatex_version_string   "2.10.10"
> 
> starting with C99 these become unnecessary. Rather they should be like 
> const int luametatex_version=210; const char* 
> luametatex_version_string="2.10.10";
> 
> These ensure type-safety in the code and are good coding practice.
Good coding practice discussions are wasted on me (you don't want me to 
look at your tex code -)

The versioning is abit special in te xdue to the fact thet some numbers 
en dup in registers and others as token list (string). I have considered 
changing that but it would also break some 'testing for tex version' so 
for now we have to accept this mix of tex/etex/pdftex inheritance.

Hans


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