Re: [Dev-luatex] MetaPost get_... related problems

12 Sep 2018

      ---- On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:07:36 +0200 luigi scarso  wrote ----
...
On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:16 PM Marcel Krüger  wrote:
Hi,
I noticed two problems with the mplib `get_...` family of functions:
- First there seems to be a LuaTeX specific documentation bug:
   In the LuaTeX manual these functions are listed as `getboolean`,
   `getnumeric`, `getstring`and `getpath`, but in the actual
   implementation the names contain a underscore.
- If `get_numeric` is called while two nested loops are in effect in MetaPost,
   an endless loop is triggered when MetaPost tries to iterate
   through the current loops.
I attached a patch fixing both problems. The second point also applies to the standalone mplib.
Thank you for the patches.Do you have an example where the get_numeric fails ? --
A plain LuaTeX example:

    \directlua{
      local mp
      mp = mplib.new{
        extensions = 1,
        run_script = function(script)
          print('The value:', mp:get_numeric'mynumeric')
          return ""
        end
      }
      mp:execute[[
        mynumeric = 1;
        myother = for i=1,2:
                    for j=1,2:
                        i+j+runscript"something"
                  endfor endfor
                  1;
      ]]
    }
    \bye

This prints `The value:    1.0` with the patch and freezes without it.

Best regards
Marcel