On avoiding the intended (but unwanted) effect of \outer

[Jim Diamond]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 17:52 (+0000), Taylor, P wrote:

> Jim Diamond wrote:

>> I might agree.  But I think anything with \expandafter\noexpand ups
>> the lack of clarity considerably.


> :-) In which case I fear that you would think that an
> \afterassignment which launches an \aftergroup is also not entirely
> transparent ...

It's almost as if you can read my mind.  :-)

Having said that, I don't find reading such things as convoluted as
sequences of \expandafter and \noexpand.


                                   Jim