[NTG-context] \getcommacommandsize not working in lmtx

[Hans Hagen]

On 5/2/2022 9:37 AM, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I’ve just ran into a behaviour that runs against what is shown on the 
> wiki, https://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Comma_Separated_Lists 
> <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Comma_Separated_Lists>
> 
> Maybe a bug?

More a feature as \define defines a protected macro.

\starttext

\define\somelist{foo,bar,baz}

{\tt\meaningasis\somelist}

\getcommacommandsize[\somelist] \commalistsize

\defineexpandable\somelist{foo,bar,baz}

{\tt\meaningasis\somelist}

\getcommacommandsize[\somelist] \commalistsize

\starttexdefinition protected somelist
     foo,
     bar,
     baz
\stoptexdefinition

{\tt\meaningasis\somelist}

\getcommacommandsize[\somelist] \commalistsize

\starttexdefinition somelist
     foo,
     bar,
     baz
\stoptexdefinition

{\tt\meaningasis\somelist}

\getcommacommandsize[\somelist] \commalistsize

\semiprotected\def\somelist{foo,bar,baz}

\getcommacommandsize[\somelist] \commalistsize
\getcommacommandsize[\semiexpanded{\somelist}] \commalistsize

% also in next version:
%
% \starttexdefinition semiprotected somelist
%     foo,
%     bar,
%     baz
% \stoptexdefinition
%
% {\tt\meaningasis\somelist}
%
% \getcommacommandsize[\somelist] \commalistsize
% \getcommacommandsize[\semiexpanded{\somelist}] \commalistsize

\stoptext

The semiprotected is something lmtx and only expands when explicitly 
asked for (like in an \edef or so). Something that we might apply in the 
core some day.

Hans

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