[luatex] documentation typo of `pdf_start_link` whatsit?
Werner LEMBERG
wl at gnu.org
Wed Jul 26 10:37:35 CEST 2023
>> In `luatex.pdf` (version 1.16 from April 2023), page 142, field
>> `link_attr` of the `pdf_start_link` whatsit is described as being
>> of type 'table'. Is this correct? It rather seems to me that it
>> is of type 'string', at least according to what `debugger.lua`
>> reports...
>
> Both, I guess:
OK, thanks – so there is still something to fix in the
documentation :-)
BTW, how can I display the contents of such a table as a string for
diagnostic purposes on the lua side? `tostring` doesn't work here; I
just get a hexadicmal address. Does luatex offer such functionality?
An approximation (i.e., ignoring catcode changes and the like) or
detokenization would be just fine.
```
if type(data) = 'table' then
output = string_approximation(data)
end
```
Werner
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