[Tugindia] Fontsize Option in Article.cls

[David Kastrup]

Manoj Kummini <kummini@yahoo.com> writes:

> In an earlier thread, David Kastrup had written thusly,
> 
> > > > \documentclass[12 pt]{article}
> > >                    ^
> > > As an unrelated note: I doubt the option will be
> > > recognized if you
> > > shred it with a space in its midst.
> 
> to which Dileep replied:
>  
> > But, I feel that it is recognizing the option even
> > with the space in between.
> 
> I too found that even with the space as in `12 pt' the file
> size12.clo is loaded. Then I tried with `1 2pt' (:-)), and to my
> surprise, found that size12.clo is loaded. How does this happen?

Maybe spaces get given catcode ignore to protect against people
loving too many blanks.

Try
\def\next{\documentclass[12 pt]{article}}
\next

and it will probably stop working because then the space gets
recognized before it can be switched off.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum