From: Shiv Shankar Dayal <shivshankar.dayal@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: [NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:13:13 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALJ_jGSjrF2y1FPMt_tOFVaR6pXUSE7vADiv=GG6QXbWjgwATQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Dear Taco,
I will send new messages to dev mailing lists. Let me join it first.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM Taco Hoekwater <taco@bittext.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi Shiv,
>
> Can you move this discussion to the dev-context list, please?
> https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/dev-context.ntg.nl/
>
> Best wishes,
> Taco
>
>
> > On 19 Jan 2024, at 09:31, Shiv Shankar Dayal <
> shivshankar.dayal@gmail.com> 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.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM Shiv Shankar Dayal <
> shivshankar.dayal@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Hans,
> >
> > I saw the C code of LuaMetaTeX and I saw a lot of gotos which is not
> good coding practice. These potions of code which have goto should be
> refactored.
> >
> > I am a C programmer, but I know very little of TeX. If you can point me
> towards where should I start for TeX(perhaps TeX Book or TeX for the
> Impatient), I can help with refactoring of code to make is more
> efficient/easier.
> >
> > --
> > Respect,
> > Shiv Shankar Dayal
> >
> >
> > --
> > Respect,
> > Shiv Shankar Dayal
> >
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Respect,
Shiv Shankar Dayal
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-19 8:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-19 8:26 [NTG-context] " Shiv Shankar Dayal
2024-01-19 8:31 ` [NTG-context] " Shiv Shankar Dayal
2024-01-19 8:39 ` Taco Hoekwater
2024-01-19 8:43 ` Shiv Shankar Dayal [this message]
2024-01-19 9:01 ` Hans Hagen
2024-01-19 8:57 ` Hans Hagen
2024-01-19 9:11 ` Henri Menke via ntg-context
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