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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:26:42 +0000
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Subject: Re: Scratch variables
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On 11/02/2010 18:26, Philipp Stephani wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wonder what the guarantees about the scratch variables like \l_tmpa_tl are. The documentation just states that "they are not used by conditionals or predicate functions." Does this mean that any other kernel macro might modify them?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Philipp
>

A quick search shows they are used in the tl module. I'd stick to 
defining "private" scratch variables.
-- 
Joseph Wright

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