Even this goes wrong:
\edef\mychar{�}\mychar
The real reason is that \dobuildtextaccent and \nobuildtextaccent are
protected macros.
Error log:
{\edef}
�->\Adiaeresis
\Adiaeresis ->\dohandlecharacter {Adiaeresis}
\dohandlecharacter #1->\csname \ifcsname \characterencoding #1\endcsname \chara
cterencoding \else \nocharacterencoding \fi #1\endcsname
#1<-Adiaeresis
{\csname}
{\ifcsname}
\characterencoding ->@default@
{true}
\characterencoding ->@default@
{\else}
\@default@Adiaeresis ->\buildtextaccent \textdiaeresis A
\buildtextaccent ->\ifignoreaccent \expandafter \nobuildtextaccent \else \expan
dafter \dobuildtextaccent \fi
{\iffalse}
{false}
{\expandafter}
{\fi}
<========= \dobuildtextaccent ( protected )
is not expanded after \fi
\textdiaeresis ->\dohandlecharacter {textdiaeresis}
\dohandlecharacter #1->\csname \ifcsname \characterencoding #1\endcsname \chara
cterencoding \else \nocharacterencoding \fi #1\endcsname
#1<-textdiaeresis
{\csname}
{\ifcsname}
\characterencoding ->@default@
{true}
\characterencoding ->@default@
{\else}
\@default@textdiaeresis ->\char 127
\mychar ->\dobuildtextaccent \char 127 A
\dobuildtextaccent #1#2->{\let \char \normalaccent #1\let \char \normalchar #2}
#1<-\char
#2<-1
{begin-group character {}
{\let}
{\accent}
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
\let
\dobuildtextaccent ... \char \normalaccent #1\let
\char \normalchar #2}
\mychar ->\dobuildtextaccent \char 1
27 A
l.21 \edef\mychar{�}\mychar
? x
Simon
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:52:54PM +0100, Simon Pepping wrote:
> I have an expansion problem in natural tables. I need to have this:
>
> \bTD\XMLDBcontinuepartrue\ignorespaces\XMLflush{revremark}\eTD
>
> but \XMLflush{revremark} must be expanded. When I do that using
> \expanded,
>
> \expanded{\bTD\noexpand\XMLDBcontinuepartrue\ignorespaces\XMLflush{#1}}\eTD
>
> I get errors when I have compound characters:
>
> \XMLDBcontinuepartrue\ignorespaces
> Kleine \dobuildtextaccent\char 127 A{}nderung
>
> It should be
>
> \dobuildtextaccent{\char 127} A
>
> for it to be valid. Or it should be
>
> \buildtextaccent\textdiaeresis A
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