[Dev-luatex] luafontloader virtual access (bug #404, #448)

[Paweł Jackowski]

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> The reason for this message is this: what are items that need to be 
> virtualized, and which ones can easily be left alone?
> 
> For example
> 
>   <glyph>.boundingbox
> 
> returns an array of 4 integer numbers. It seems to me that it makes
> not that much sense to write a dedicated userdata object for such
> boundingboxes: the method call overhead will probably outweigh the
> gain from using less memory.
> 
> On the other hand,
> 
>    <glyph>.kerns
> 
> can be enormous (as it is in the punknova.kern case) and should probably
> be converted.
> 
> Does anybody want to think about a shortlist of such items?

Wow! Thank you for preserving objects access interface; it seems I don't 
need to change anything.

Among glyph.kerns I'd vote to virtualize glyph.lookups, as this is the 
_most_ scary part, especially in non-latin fonts. Possibly also 
glyph.anchors

Regarding mappings, I think that every of the following

	loaded_font.map.map
	loaded_font.map.backmap
	loaded_font.map.enc

could be available on demand.

Regards
-- 
Pawe/l Jackowski
P.Jackowski at gust.org.pl