On 17/06/2015 15:09, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 6/17/2015 9:59 AM, Joseph Wright wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> In Heiko Oberdiek's luatex.dtx there is a note about catcode table >> allocation >> >> % \item Large catcode table numbers should be avoided because of >> % performance breakdown. >> >> and this leads to that package implementing an allocation system whereby >> odd and even numbered tables are used for distinct purposes. Heiko's >> code is a few years old and I wonder if that comment still holds. It >> would be clearer to be able to split up tables by working from opposite >> ends of the available range, but that only makes sense if the top of the >> range is usable without a significant penalty. >> >> What's the current position? > > i don't know that code but as a user of catcode tables i wouldn't worry > too much about performance as it's quite okay (and i have no clue what > the comment is about anyway) > > Hans
Didn't really make sense to me either but I thought I should check. We'll got with a slightly less complex approach then. -- Joseph Wright
