Werner LEMBERG <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> > Package inputenc translates the input characters that it controls
> > into TeX code: ^^b9 becomes:
> >   \show^^b9
> >   ->\IeC {\i }
> > Actually 4 tokens instead of one ^^b9 token.
>
> It is fairly easy to catch this case while the accent macro is looking
> for its argument -- I just wonder why it is missing...

Why what is missing?

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