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.da...@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.da...@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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ — Taco Hoekwater E: t...@bittext.nl genderfluid (all pronouns) ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
