[pdftex] Another request for an enhancement to pdf(La)TeX

[Martin Schröder]

2010/10/27 James Quirk <jjq at galcit.caltech.edu>:
> It's worth noting that while the PDF spec stipulates the xref table appear
> at the EOF, the PDF Reference suggests PDF viewers should be able to cope
> with the table appearing anywhere in the last KByte of the file.

I find this in the PDF Ref (H.18), but not in the norm.
It makes sense, though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle

Best
   Martin