mkl wrote:
> It may very well be complaining about them, the PDF spec states on
> cross-reference tables:
(quotes from the PDF Reference)

Thanks for making an overview of what the PDF reference
says about these entries in the xref table.

I had already checked the PDF Reference yesterday,
but I didn't know how exactly to interpret all this.

Having a generation number 65,535 seems to be valid,
but... why would we need an object number with such
a generation number in a newly created PDF?

> BTW, is there a special reason for all these free objects to appear in the
> cross-reference table as in-use objects pointing to the invalid offset 0?

That's what I hoped to find out reading the code;
but PdfCopy has been there for a very long time,
and I don't remember if this choice was "by design"
or if it's "a bug that isn't really a bug".

The PDFs are valid, but so is the question:
"Do we need those entries in the xref table?"

I delete every question that is related to RTF,
as well as every question that is answered; trying
to have an empty mailbox at all times, but this
question was still there as a TODO.
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