[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-latex3] main: Can't use \ifdefined here (1ac80a64d)

[Frank Mittelbach]

Am 10.02.22 um 23:00 schrieb Joseph Wright:
> On 10/02/2022 21:59, Frank Mittelbach wrote:
>> Am 10.02.22 um 21:23 schrieb PhelypeOleinik:
>>>      Can't use \ifdefined here
>>>      Non e-TeX engines don't see that as an \if primitive and lose 
>>> track of \if...\fi balancing
>>
>> do we really want try to make expl3 run on non e-TeX engines?
>>
>> I would say no. No e-TeX bail out. Which engine that we try to support 
>> is of that type?
>>
>> I think it is too crippling on the whole if we don't require that.
>>
>> Frank
> 
> The bootstrap code has aimed to stop gracefully if e-TeX is missing for 
> a long time. Not sure there is a downside.

ah right. only saw the diff without realizing where that remark was 
made. Yes, sure... sorry for the noise