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Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 01:31:20PM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote:
[Handy comments ommitted]

> 
> But above you have defined \char_make_other_char.
> In general I think, where Knuth has written "xy character"
> the word "character" could be omitted, because it is already
> present as first compound of the macro. Also it would make
> the macro name a little shorter. In part you have done it already:
> 
> \char_make_escape
> \char_make_ignore
> \char_make_comment
> \char_make_invalid
> 
> but
> 
> ==> \char_make_other
> ==> \char_make_active

I was following what the team have done with, for example,
\token_if_other_char:NTF.  I would personally agree with you, and have:

\char_make_other => \token_if_other:NTF

and so on, as the "_char" part is redundant in both, in my opinion.
-- 
Joseph Wright

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