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  Popping dict leaves 0 on stack Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-27 18:50 +0100
    Re: Popping dict leaves 0 on stack Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-27 21:20 +0100
    Re: Popping dict leaves 0 on stack Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-27 22:29 +0100

#1197 — Popping dict leaves 0 on stack

When I execute the following (with p2pdf):
    5 dict begin
    end

There is an extra zero on the stack. Because of that, I now use the
    following code:
    5 dict begin
    end pop

Is this an error in ps2pdf?

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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#1199

Op donderdag 27 dec 2012 18:50 CET schreef Cecil Westerhof:

> When I execute the following (with p2pdf):
> 5 dict begin
> end
>
> There is an extra zero on the stack. Because of that, I now use the
> following code:
> 5 dict begin
> end pop
>
> Is this an error in ps2pdf?

It is a little bizarre. Sometimes it is necessary and sometimes not.
And sometimes it depends on if another end put something on the stack.

I have the following function:
    /centerString { % msg [gray] x y
        4 dict begin
            /y   exch def
            /x   exch def
            dup type /integertype eq {
                /gray exch def
            } {
                /gray -1 def
            } ifelse
            /msg exch def

            x y moveto
            msg stringwidth pop -2 div
            0 % optional: textheight -2 div
            rmoveto
            msg gray doShow
    (3 centerString) ==
    pstack
        end
    (leave centerString) ==
    pstack
    } def

When another function put something on the stack with the end of a
dict, the same value is put on the stack after the end. But when I put
myself something on the stack, this does not happen. I'll try to make
a short script to demonstrate it.

This function seems to always leave something on the stack after the
end, so I put a pop into it:
    /rectangle { % left bottom right top
        4 dict begin
            /top    exch def
            /right  exch def
            /bottom exch def
            /left   exch def

            left  bottom moveto
            right bottom lineto
            right top    lineto
            left  top    lineto
            left  bottom lineto
            closepath
        end pop
    } def

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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#1200

Op donderdag 27 dec 2012 18:50 CET schreef Cecil Westerhof:

> When I execute the following (with p2pdf):
> 5 dict begin
> end
>
> There is an extra zero on the stack. Because of that, I now use the
> following code:
> 5 dict begin
> end pop
>
> Is this an error in ps2pdf?

It was a stupid error from myself. I had a function where I used a
start and end value. And when you define end, then end does not
anymore what it should do.

I changed end to endVal and problem solved.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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