[texhax] testing if a control sequence is primitive
Heiko Oberdiek
heiko.oberdiek at googlemail.com
Sat Oct 8 18:13:13 CEST 2011
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 02:20:20AM +1100, Vafa Khalighi wrote:
> Thanks. but I should also add that there is one more requirement. If \cs is
> primitive but also redefined, e.g. \par or \input in LaTeX, it should return
> Macro not primitive like:
Except that \par is not always redefined in LaTeX, only in some
circumstances.
> \ifprimitivecs{par}{Primitive}{Macro}
>
> should return macro. Can \token_if_primitive:NTF do that?
What happens if \par is redefined to be another primitive?
\let\par=\hbox
What about primitives under a different name?
\let\endgraf=\par
\endgraf is not an original primitive, but it has the meaning of
a primitive.
Yours sincerely
Heiko Oberdiek
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