[pdftex] Bugs in protocode.tex

[Julian Gilbey]

Further to my last email, I've figured out that my concerns have
already been addressed, but that there is a bug in protocode.tex which
breaks things:

[...]
\makeatletter
\newif\ifneedadjustprotcode
\def\adjustprotcode#1{%
    \needadjustprotcodefalse
    \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
        \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
            \needadjustprotcodetrue
        \fi
    \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
        \needadjustprotcodetrue
    \fi\fi

>>> Ouch! This fails for pdfTeX 1.00a!
>>> What this should do is test for \pdftexversion > 14 *before*
>>> testing for > 13, or test \ifnum\pdftexversion = 14 in the first
>>> test.

    \ifneedadjustprotcode
[...]
\def\adjustcp#1#2#3{%
    \setbox0=\hbox{%
        \ifx#2\font\else#2\fi
        \char#3}%

>>> Why not just do \setbox0=\hbox{\the#2\char#3} ?

[...]

   Julian

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