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[bug #63587] [troff] set .R register to maximum representable integer
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[bug #63587] [troff] set .R register to maximum representable integer |
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Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:55:12 -0400 (EDT) |
Follow-up Comment #10, bug #63587 (group groff):
[comment #5 comment #5:]
> I can think of no situation where a user might need 10,001
> registers, so, despite this number having no clear connection to
> any internal groff limit, it's probably a reasonable limit to
> _claim_ to the user who asks. It will enable the processing of
> any ancient roff documents that do test this register,
I have to backpedal on my own argument here: this point, as far as I can see
now, remains just as true no matter what big number .R holds. Groff having no
fixed register limit, 10,000 and INT_MAX are equally wrong values to return,
but equally useful in terms of back compatibility to documents for ancient
troffs.
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