The following sed command can be used to update TTX sources for the LookupType
change:
$ sed -i'~' 's/<!-- LookupType=\(.\) -->/<LookupType value="\1"\/>/g' *.ttx
After this change, feaLib generates the exact same output as makeotf
for the test case in `bug453.fea`. Before this change, feaLib had
rejected the input as malformed.
Our new behavior is in blatant violation of the OpenType Feature File
Syntax specification, which writes: "NOTE! If a GDEF table is not
explicitly defined in the feature file, [...] all mark glyph classes
must be disjoint". However:
1. makeotf does not enforce this constraint;
2. existing feature files happily define non-disjoint markClasses;
3. existing tools such as the Glyphs font editor generate feature files
with non-disjoint markClasses;
4. it is not obvious what the intention of this constraint would be.
Therefore, fewLib now follows the makeotf implementation, intentionally
ignoring what is mandated by the specification. I've proposed a spec change
at https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/issues/106.
Resolves https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/issues/453.
