Jonathan Sauer wrote:
Hello,
BTW: Why is it possible to have 268435456 (2^28) catcode tables? That strikes me, more than 65536 registers, as nearly unlimited. Why not "only" 65536, especially since one would likely run out of memory long before exhausting this amount? the same is true for the number of lua instances, one seldom needs more than a few, but we saw no reason for a limitation
That of course is true.
Do you have any specific applications for catcode tables in mind?
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