On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:21:28AM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote: > Consider the following example > > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage{expl3} > \ExplSyntaxOn > \prg_replicate:nn{300}{ > \cs_undefine:N \temp > \int_new:N \temp > } > \ExplSyntaxOff > \newinsert\myinsert > \begin{document} > \end{document} > > This will give an error even though expl3 loads etex for allocation > to the extended pool. Inserts to have a set of registers available > with the same numbers, and these need to be in the standard pool. > > The issue isn't unique to expl3, and doesn't show up unless you add > quite a lot more register use on top of it. However, it is there. > For expl3 I wonder about using the extended pool from the word go > > \let\int_new:N\globcount > \let\dim_new:N\globdimen > ... > > which will make it much less likely to happen. However, even then > the issue would remain for non-expl3 packages which expect etex to > deal with the register limitations of LaTeX2e. > > How do people see this in general. One obvious approach would be to > alter \newcount, etc., so that when etex is loaded everything uses > the extended pool except for inserts. However, that might be > overkill! At least etex.sty provides \reserveinserts. Yours sincerely Heiko <[log in to unmask]>