If in the re-use the layout would not change, the area tree could be reused. OTOH, if the layout would change, e.g. because another renderer would use a font with a different font metric, the layout information in the FO tree cannot be reused.
The layout dimension that is stored in the FO tree is constantly updated during discovery of BreakPoss'es and is never reused, not even when a block is split over a break where new values are assigned.
The solution I propose makes it impossible to run two different renderers concurrently, but it does not in any way prevent the FO tree from being reused with another renderer after the first rendering is finished.
This is another argument to separate FO tree and layout information.
No, not really IMO.
regards, finn
