Ignoring pdftex primitives

[Sebastian Rahtz]

David Carlisle writes:
 > So, since I think you have write control for pdftex.def these days,
 > better release a copy that has \noexpand\noexpand\noexpand\@empty
 > before the #1 in all cases where pdftex uses \pdfimage :-)
are you serious? literally this?

 > I agree that a better primitive syntax would be nice, but making latex
 > work with the current synatax does not do any harm.
 > 
agreed. but not relevant to question of whether one needs a non-pdftex
emulation of \pdfXXX

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