Re: Negative page numbers

[Thomas Morley]

2018-09-16 21:28 GMT+02:00 Dan Eble <address@hidden>:
>> Real
>> Page_breaking::page_height (int page_num, bool last) const
>> {
>>   // The caches allow us to store the page heights for any
>>   // non-negative page numbers.  We use a negative value in the
>>   // cache to signal that that position has not yet been initialized.
>>   // This means that we won't cache properly if page_num is negative or
>>   // if calc_height returns a negative number.  But that's likely to
>>   // be rare, so it shouldn't affect performance.
>
> This comment seems to imply that there are legitimate uses for negative page 
> numbers.  Is anyone willing to agree that I am interpreting it correctly?
>
> Thanks,
> —
> Dan


The only problem with negative page numbers was cured with
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4494/

Not sure whether it's related

Cheers,
  Harm