Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:

>> This patch moves the 'details property from the internal to the user
>> grob property list.
>
> I believe that moving 'details from internal to user won't have the effect
> we want.  I believe that internal properties are set by the grob, rather
> than being read from the context.  So I think that even if the user sets
> them in the input file, the value will be overwritten during the
> calculation.

This is untrue, and in fact, due to how 'details properties work
(nested immutable lists), it is rather inefficient to modify them.

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