[dev-context] Buffers again

[Hans Hagen]

On 15-1-2012 15:37, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
> Am 15.01.2012 um 15:31 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
>
>> Hi Hans,
>>
>> in the new beta buffers are fixed but one \endgroup is on the wrong position.
>>
>> In the following macros \endgroup has to be before \buff_stop{#4}.
>>
>> \def\buff_start_indeed#1#2#3#4% \donothing needed !
>>   {\normalexpanded{\buff_pickup{#2}{#3}{#4}{}{\buff_stop{#4}\endgroup}}} % (3&  4&  5&  6)
>>
>> A cleaner solution would be to remove \endgroup above and put it back into \buff_stop.
>>
>> \def\buff_start_indeed#1#2#3#4%
>>   {\normalexpanded{\buff_pickup{#2}{#3}{#4}{}{\buff_stop{#4}}}}
>>
>> \unexpanded\def\buff_stop#1%
>>   {\endgroup
>>    \getvalue{#1}}
>
> Can you also add a direct version of \getbuffer, e.g.
>
>     \let\getbufferdirect\buff_get_stored_indeed % Would be \getbufferdata a better name?
>
> or
>
>    \def\getbufferdirect[#1]{\buff_get_stored_indeed{#1}}

how about

\def\getbufferdata[#1]{\buff_get_stored_indeed{#1}}



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