This post is on von weiterem nicht zu reden as found in the following passage from Zwist unter Zauberern by Kurt Kusenberg.
Zauberer höheren Grades halten ihr Wissen nicht feil; wenn sie Geld benötigen, machen sie ein wenig Gold, und das reicht dann wieder für eine ganze Weile. Die beiden verstanden sich aber nich auf das Goldmachen; also mußten sie, um leben zu können, ihre Kunst stückweise verkaufen. Sie lebten übrigens nicht schlecht. Parock war sogar ein richtiger Prasser; was er verdiente, ging für Essen und Trinken dahin, von weiterem nicht zu reden.
QUESTION
How should I understand the expression?
(a) After the model of the English to say nothing of as in
Jack paid all his father's debts, to say nothing of his own.
in which Jack would have paid both his father's and his own debts. The expression would also add the suggestion that the discharge of his own debts would have come first, or been more obligatory. In this case, the story would be saying that Parock used his money on food, drink and other things as well.
(b) As saying that after food and drink, there was no more money left for anything else. The idea would be that Parock was such a Prasser on food and drink. (This seems to make better sense in context.)
If the answer to 1 was (b), is von x nicht zu reden a normal way of saying that, after what went before, x could not be thought of? For example, could one use von x nicht zu reden to say, 'Math homework took all his time, and French homework could not even be thought of'? How exactly would that go? Or does the expression only work in Kusenberg because of the context?
Again assuming 1's answer was (b), what is the German equivalent of to say nothing of? For example, how can one say, 'He paid all his father's debts to say nothing of his own'? Please also give several more example if possible.
If 1's answer was (a), please provide several more example sentences using von x nicht zu reden to mean to say nothing of.