>>
>>> 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 setup data structure is no longer complicated with an
>>>>> array-of-hashes, which means this is suitable for exposing via websetup.
->>>>> A future iteration of the patch will implement this.
+>>>>> `getsetup()` has been adjusted accordingly.
>>>>>
->>>>> The patch can be found at
->>>>> [[!template id=gitbranch branch=jmtd/defaultmeta author="[[jon]]"]]
+>>>>> 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]]
+
+>>>>>>> No pity required — but whoops, yes, that was a bit of a mistake
+>>>>>>> ☺ I guess I'll have to split the current `preprocess` in half.
+>>>>>>> — [[Jon]]
+
+>>>>>>>> I've been taking another look at this today, as I'm very keen to
+>>>>>>>> close various open loops of mine in IkiWiki to move on and do some
+>>>>>>>> other stuff. However, I'm not actually *using* this at the moment,
+>>>>>>>> so whilst I think it's a good idea, I can't really motivate myself
+>>>>>>>> to fix it anymore. I guess for now, this should just rot. — [[Jon]]