Move sorting requirement from tableCount to the array field.

Author: garretrieger

Overview.bs

@@ -1967,9 +1967,7 @@ A glyph keyed patch contains a collection of data chunks that are each associate
     <td>uint8</td>
     <td>tableCount</td>
     <td>
-      The number of [[open-type/otff#table-directory|tables]] the patch has data for. Must be in ascending sorted order and must not
-      contain any duplicate values. For sorting tag values are interpreted as a 4 byte big endian unsigned integer and sorted by the
-      integer value.
+      The number of [[open-type/otff#table-directory|tables]] the patch has data for.
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
@@ -1984,7 +1982,9 @@ A glyph keyed patch contains a collection of data chunks that are each associate
   <tr>
     <td>Tag</td>
     <td><dfn for="GlyphPatches">tables</dfn>[tableCount]</td>
-    <td>An array of [[open-type/otff#table-directory|tables]] (by tag) included in the patch.</td>
+    <td>An array of [[open-type/otff#table-directory|tables]] (by tag) included in the patch. Must be in ascending sorted
+      order and must not contain any duplicate values. For sorting tag values are interpreted as a 4 byte big endian
+      unsigned integer and sorted by the integer value.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>Offset32</td>

Overview.html

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ <h3 class="heading settled" data-level="4.5" id="ift-font-coverage"><span class=
 <c- c1># shaping_unit is an array where each item has a code point, associated list of</c->
 <c- c1># layout features, and the design space point that code point is being rendered with.</c->
 <c- k>def</c-> <c- nf>supported_spans</c-><c- p>(</c-><c- n>shaping_unit</c-><c- p>,</c-> <c- n>ift_font</c-><c- p>):</c->
-  <c- n>current_start</c-><c- p>,</c-> <c- n>current_end</c-><c- p>,</c-> <c- n>current_subset_def</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- kc>None</c->
+  <c- n>current_start</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- n>current_end</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- n>current_subset_def</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- kc>None</c->
   <c- n>supported_spans</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- p>[]</c->
 
   <c- n>i</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- mi>0</c->
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ <h3 class="heading settled" data-level="4.5" id="ift-font-coverage"><span class=
     <c- k>else</c-><c- p>:</c->
       <c- n>i</c-> <c- o>+=</c-> <c- mi>1</c->
 
-    <c- n>current_start</c-><c- p>,</c-> <c- n>current_end</c-><c- p>,</c-> <c- n>current_subset_def</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- kc>None</c->
+    <c- n>current_start</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- n>current_end</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- n>current_subset_def</c-> <c- o>=</c-> <c- kc>None</c->
 
   <c- k>return</c-> <c- n>supported_spans</c->
 
@@ -2428,9 +2428,7 @@ <h3 class="heading settled" data-level="6.3" id="glyph-keyed"><span class="secno
      <tr>
       <td>uint8
       <td>tableCount
-      <td> The number of <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otff#table-directory">tables</a> the patch has data for. Must be in ascending sorted order and must not
-      contain any duplicate values. For sorting tag values are interpreted as a 4 byte big endian unsigned integer and sorted by the
-      integer value. 
+      <td> The number of <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otff#table-directory">tables</a> the patch has data for. 
      <tr>
       <td>uint16/uint24
       <td><dfn class="dfn-paneled" data-dfn-for="GlyphPatches" data-dfn-type="dfn" data-noexport id="glyphpatches-glyphids">glyphIds</dfn>[glyphCount]
@@ -2439,7 +2437,9 @@ <h3 class="heading settled" data-level="6.3" id="glyph-keyed"><span class="secno
      <tr>
       <td>Tag
       <td><dfn class="dfn-paneled" data-dfn-for="GlyphPatches" data-dfn-type="dfn" data-noexport id="glyphpatches-tables">tables</dfn>[tableCount]
-      <td>An array of <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otff#table-directory">tables</a> (by tag) included in the patch.
+      <td>An array of <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otff#table-directory">tables</a> (by tag) included in the patch. Must be in ascending sorted
+      order and must not contain any duplicate values. For sorting tag values are interpreted as a 4 byte big endian
+      unsigned integer and sorted by the integer value.
      <tr>
       <td>Offset32
       <td><dfn class="dfn-paneled" data-dfn-for="GlyphPatches" data-dfn-type="dfn" data-noexport id="glyphpatches-glyphdataoffsets">glyphDataOffsets</dfn>[glyphCount * tableCount + 1]