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 <t...@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.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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal
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