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authorPeter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>2011-12-08 15:52:46 +0000
committerPeter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>2011-12-08 15:52:46 +0000
commitf3e40d2b2c211ff34d2f71c594710adf6a9c8ff9 (patch)
tree54028d7972a87e08b5abefdbc94318495e99563a /Build/source/texk/web2c/alephdir/com16bit.ch
parentebe00483e56492b456bfdc085e0a07ba280a0617 (diff)
web2c: Consistency of `constants'
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@24797 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/alephdir/com16bit.ch b/Build/source/texk/web2c/alephdir/com16bit.ch
index a519182f973..87ceac71690 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/alephdir/com16bit.ch
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/alephdir/com16bit.ch
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ been commented~out.
@y
@z
-@x [8.112] l.2435 - Efficiency.
+@x [8.112] l.2450 - Efficiency.
macros are simplified in the obvious way when |min_quarterword=0|.
@^inner loop@>@^system dependencies@>
@@ -803,6 +803,11 @@ macros are simplified in the obvious way when |min_quarterword=0|.
So they have been simplified here in the obvious way.
@^inner loop@>@^system dependencies@>
+The \.{WEB} source for \TeX\ defines |hi(#)==#+min_halfword| which can be
+simplified when |min_halfword=0|. The Web2C implemetation of \Aleph\ can
+use |hi(#)==#| together with |min_halfword<0| as long as |max_halfword| is
+sufficiently large.
+
@d qi(#)==# {to put an |eight_bits| item into a quarterword}
@d qo(#)==# {to take an |eight_bits| item from a quarterword}
@d hi(#)==# {to put a sixteen-bit item into a halfword}