On 06/03/2011 04:54, Arno Trautmann wrote: > Hi all, > > maybe a stupid question, but is there a reason that there are no > variants for the coffin functions like the :c type? > I want to make use of a counter in coffins names, and :c would make life > much more easier than using \expandafter. Or is there another, yet more > elegant way to use a counter in the macro name? > > cheers > Arno It's not 100 clear yet, but the initial plan at least for me is that coffins are a design-level construct. That means that \NewCoffin is the way to produce coffins - \coffin_new:N is there mainly to be wrapped up in a design-level function. Perhaps you might illustrate what you're doing at a 'concept' level? -- Joseph Wright