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