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Joseph Wright <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:06:47 +0100
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Morten Høgholm wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Joseph Wright
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> I was rather expecting \c_space_token to save the day, but it didn't.
>> Hence my confusion: \space isn't a LaTeX3 name.
> 
> Correct. \c_space_token is an implicit space token (because it is
> assigned with \let:NN) and a explicit space char is needed.
> 

Okay, but \space is a user macro, not a programmer one.  So is there a
LaTeX3 explicit space?  For example, trying \~ leads to disaster (at
least in \iow_expanded:Nn).
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