On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Joseph Wright
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> 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.

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Morten