Hi Karl, and others.
On May 17, 2018, at 8:57 AM, Karl Berry mailto:karl@freefriends.org> wrote:
Doing a grep on /usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/, I see \expanded
is used in a couple oberdiek packages, context, and mathspec. I did not
try to figure out if the mathspec usage is compatible. It might be worth
notifying its author at some point as a courtesy. FWIW ...
Is \expanded really equivalent to that xelatex definition below:
xelatex/mathspec/mathspec.sty:129:\providecommand\expanded[1]{\edef\@tempa{#1}\@tempa}
It seems to me that it should be, but maybe there is actually a slight difference.
So it would be nice to see some practical applications;
e.g., where a package author had a specific desire, or absolute need (?),
to avoid going via a temporary container-like macro such as \@tempa above.
Otherwise, why the need for this as a primitive?
Convenience only, is not normally a good enough reason to add a primitive.
..
generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty:235:\edef\x{\string\expanded}%
generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty:236:\edef\y{\meaning\expanded}%
generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty:239: \let\etex@expanded\expanded
generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty:272: Could not find \string\expanded.\MessageBreak
generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty:275: that some package has redefined \string\expanded.%
generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty:3641:\edef\x{\string\expanded}%
generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty:3642:\edef\y{\meaning\expanded}%
generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty:3645:\let\etex@expanded\expanded
generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty:3678: Could not find \string\expanded.\MessageBreak
generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty:3681: that some package has redefined \string\expanded.%
..
xelatex/mathspec/mathspec.sty:129:\providecommand\expanded[1]{\edef\@tempa{#1}\@tempa}
xelatex/mathspec/mathspec.sty:132: \expanded{\noexpand\setkeys*[eu]{#2}{\expandonce#3\@empty}}}
xelatex/mathspec/mathspec.sty:134: \expanded{\noexpand\zf@fontspec{\expandonce#1\@empty}{\expandonce#2\@empty}}}
..
Grep finished at Tue May 15 10:18:14
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