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Posted to fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Finn Bock <bc...@worldonline.dk> on 2004/12/07 22:03:38 UTC

Knuth maximum demerit value.

Hi,

What is the logic behind the INFINITE_DEMERITS = 1E11 ? Having a 
threshold of 20 can result in a demerit value of

    (1 + 100 * 20 ** 3) ** 2 == 6.400016E11

for the first KnuthNode which is then ignored since it is worse than the 
initial demerit value.

I would guess that when we use a ration of 20, the initial demerit value 
should somehow match.

regards,
finn