who can fix babel-french incompatibility with crossreftools

[Karl Berry]

    > \let\zzz\active at prefix
    > \def\active at prefix{\ifincsname\expandafter\string\else\expandafter\zzz\fi}
    > 
    > should make all babel shorthand characters be protected by \string in
    > such constructs.

David - seems like crossreftools (and presumably many other packages)
should make this change. Or can it be done in babel so the rest of the
world doesn't have to deal with it? -k