From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ConTeXt ML <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: [.tuc] oddity when storing a table
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:16:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <505641AC.9040404@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120916171741.GB1240@phlegethon>
On 16-9-2012 19:17, Philipp Gesang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I can’t explain the following behavior of the .tuc writer. When
> passed a nested hash, context fails on the second pass if the
> array part of the first nesting depth is empty:
>
> ·······································································
>
> %% the commented lines work
> \startluacode
> job.variables.tobesaved.foo = { bar = { } }
> -- job.variables.tobesaved.foo = { "works now", bar = { } }
> -- job.variables.tobesaved.foo = { bar = "works too" }
> \stopluacode
>
> \starttext foo \stoptext
>
> ·······································································
>
> I get this error:
>
> ·······································································
> ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua:410: no string to print
> stack traceback:
> [C]: in function 'flush'
> ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua:410: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cldf-ini.lua:360>
> (tail call): ?
> ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua:112: in function 'initializer'
> ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua:200: in function 'load'
> ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/core-uti.lua:66: in function 'initialize'
> <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk.
>
> system > tex > error on line 1 in file /home/phg/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: LuaTeX error ...
> ·······································································
>
> Bug?
no, feature. job variables are just key/values and accessible at the tex
end (you store 'works too' in 'bar')
if you want arbitrary data to be stores you need to used datasets, as
explained in
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definedataset
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-16 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-16 17:17 Philipp Gesang
2012-09-16 21:16 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2012-09-17 21:13 ` Philipp Gesang
2012-09-17 22:19 ` Hans Hagen
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