[texhax] Isthis a bug in LaTex?

Ian Collier imc at comlab.ox.ac.uk
Thu Sep 18 21:37:08 CEST 2003


Earlier I wrote:
>I question (a) why b=10000 on that penultimate break, given that
>\rightskip has infinite stretchability, and (b) why the break has
>to be via @@82 rather than @@81 when on the face of it @@81 would
>seem to give fewer demerits.

Answering my own question, I suppose (b) is because once we have hit
b=10000 the demerits are no longer relavent.  However, (a) is still
a mystery.
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