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Re: "new" \input vs. primitive behavior
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LARONDE Thierry <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:25:54 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 05:56:29PM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote:
> 
> Note that in order to do file testing by expansion (which we want for
> various expl3 functions), we *have* to avoid \openin and that realistically
> means \(pdf)filesize is the best option.

Why in this case not having requested a \filefind primitive, with an
argument specifying a required extension (an empty string if to be
taken as is), and using the return value with other primitives (size,
moddate, md5, dump) doing no search and no extension (very "primitive"
primitives)?
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