>>
>>> I generally agree with this. It is *possible* that meta would have a new
>>> field added, that takes parameters and make sense to use globally.
+>>> (Indeed, this later happened to some extent with the sortas parameters
+>>> being added to some metas.)
>>> --[[Joey]]
>>
>> Due to this, and the added complexity of the second patch (having to adjust
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch can be found at the git branch described above.
>>>>> — [[Jon]]
+
+>>>>>> I wish I could take pity on you and just merge this, but
+>>>>>> AFAICS it still suffers from the memory bloat described above.
+>>>>>> Specifically, when `scan` calls `preprocess`, it
+>>>>>> stores the metadata in `%pagestate` etc. --[[Joey]]