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Why is \input not expandable?
In latex.ltx I found \def\input{\@ifnextchar\bgroup\@iinput\@@input} where \@@inputis expandable. I would like to know if there is an expandable version of \input.
The problem comes from an example ...
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Saving a 100 tokens worth, is it worth it?
The LaTeX kernel defines a number of tokens that are used throughout the LaTeX source and the standard LaTeX classes. For example:
\def\hb@xt@{\hbox to}
This particular one is commented as:
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