Wow, I just compared file sizes on print to PDF with the old code vs the new code. Old code was producing files around 8MB per page. New code is producing files around 24KB per page. The equivalent stuff in the last release version (using ancient dependencies that I can't use anymore) is also in that smaller KB range so that's kind of crazy. That's another mark in favor of the new code.
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I'd say keeping output file sizes that much smaller is worth a few extra lines of code, especially since I know people email those files around.
