The new fixltx2e breaks the figure* enviroment

\RequirePackage{fixltx2e}
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure*}
x
\end{figure*}

\end{document}


gives

)
(\end occurred when \iftrue on line 18 was incomplete) 



Package: fixltx2e 2014/05/13 v1.1q fixes to LaTeX


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Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/