On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:44:34 +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi Taco,
the notes from the Oldenburg meeting mentions an \expanded primitive: \expanded <general text> Expandable command returning the full expansion of the tokens in <general text>. So since this pretty much exists inside \pdfstrcmp as it is now, it could
Can someone please post an example of intended use in the l3 kernel in "plain"-style, just so I understand the usage?
I would assume the following should be equivalent except for the latter being expandable. \def\cmd#1{\edef\tempa{#1}\expandafter\cmd\expandafter{\tempa}} \def\cmd#1{\expandafter\cmd\expandafter{\expanded{#1}}}
ConTeXt's \expanded macro expands its argument fully except for the very first item in it, which is handy for macros that need expanded arguments, so I assume the actual goals are very similar.
Yes, I think so too.
a) \expanded would be a nice name, but it clashes with ConTeXt. I remember trouble with \unexpanded :-(
Hans and I think a) would be fine. c) is somewhat silly as it is not related to pdftex, and also a) combines nicely with the already present \unexpanded.
a) is what I was hoping for. :-) -- Morten