if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['attr-eff'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to attr-eff.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

local attributes, nodes, backends, utilities = attributes, nodes, backends, utilities
local tex = tex

local states            = attributes.states
local enableaction      = nodes.tasks.enableaction
local nodeinjections    = backends.nodeinjections
local texsetattribute   = tex.setattribute
local allocate          = utilities.storage.allocate
local setmetatableindex = table.setmetatableindex

local interfaces        = interfaces
local implement         = interfaces.implement

attributes.alternates   = attributes.alternates or { }
local alternates        = attributes.alternates

local a_alternate       = attributes.private('alternate')

alternates.data         = allocate()
alternates.values       = alternates.values     or { }
alternates.registered   = alternates.registered or { }
alternates.attribute    = a_alternate

local data              = alternates.data
local registered        = alternates.registered
local values            = alternates.values

storage.register("attributes/alternates/registered", registered, "attributes.alternates.registered")
storage.register("attributes/alternates/values",     values,     "attributes.alternates.values")

local function extender(alternates,key)
    if key == "none" then
        local d = nodeinjections.stopalternate()
        alternates.none = d
        return d
    end
end

local function reviver(data,n)
    local d = values[n] and nodeinjections.startalternate(values[n]) or nodeinjections.stopalternate()
    data[n] = d
    return d
end

setmetatableindex(alternates,      extender)
setmetatableindex(alternates.data, reviver)

alternates.handler = nodes.installattributehandler {
    name        = "alternate",
    namespace   = alternates,
    initializer = states.initialize,
    finalizer   = states.finalize,
    processor   = states.simple,
}

local function register(specification)
    local text = specification.text or "unknown"
    local n = registered[text]
    if not n then
        n = #values + 1
        values[n] = text
        registered[text] = n
    end
    return n
end

local enabled = false

local function enable()
    if not enabled then
        enableaction("shipouts","attributes.alternates.handler")
        enabled = true
    end
end

alternates.register = register
alternates.enable   = enable

-- interface

implement {
    name      = "setalternate",
    actions   = function(specification)
        if not enabled then
            enable()
        end
        texsetattribute(a_alternate,register(specification))
    end,
    arguments = {
        {
            { "text", "string" },
        }
    }
}

implement {
    name      = "resetalternate",
    actions   = function()
        if enabled then
            texsetattribute(a_alternate)
        end
    end
}