[tex-live] No room for a new \write
Philip & Le Khanh
Philip-and-LeKhanh at Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org
Sat Mar 17 11:32:39 CET 2007
Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> I don't know and don't understand why the number of write/read
> registers weren't increased in e-TeX like other registers.
> Write nodes have enough place for storing much larger register
> numbers.
I'm sure we debated it (endlessly !). But to be honest,
I don't remember why it wasn't increased, although the
pre-emptive strike on \write 18 /might/ have had something
to do with it (too many broken programs). I've cc'd
Peter, Bernd, Friedhelm \& Jiri in case one of them
remembers, but with e-PdfTeX now in the hands of
Taco /et al/, it is really he/they who would need to
address this issue for the future.
** Phil.
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