[tex-eplain] Error

[Philip Taylor]

Because the expansion of \refn requires information that is not available at the time that you attempt to expand it using \edef; you need to defer the expansion, as below.

\input eplain                
\message {\string \refn: \meaning \refn}
\def \mytest
    {
        \edef \tempa {\noexpand \refn {f}}
    }                                                 
\mytest                      
\end 

-- 

Philip Taylor
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