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I recently upgraded to TeXLive 2018 (and pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018/W32TeX)) and now I notice that package fnpct generates the following warnings:

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* LaTeX warning: "kernel/deprecated-variant"
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* Variant form 'V' deprecated for base form '\peek_meaning_remove:NTF'. One
* should not change an argument from type 'N' to type 'V': base form only
* accepts a single token argument.
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* LaTeX warning: "kernel/deprecated-variant"
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* Variant form 'V' deprecated for base form '\token_if_eq_meaning:NNTF'. One
* should not change an argument from type 'N' to type 'V': base form only
* accepts a single token argument.
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Are they harmless? Should I report this to the author of fnpct?

Minor update

As of a recent (2018-12-10) update to TeXLive 2018 these warnings have changed to the following:

LaTeX3 Warning: Variant form 'V' deprecated for base form
(LaTeX3)        '\peek_meaning_remove:NTF'. One should not change an argument
(LaTeX3)        from type 'N' to type 'V': base form only accepts a single
(LaTeX3)        token argument.


LaTeX3 Warning: Variant form 'V' deprecated for base form
(LaTeX3)        '\token_if_eq_meaning:NNTF'. One should not change an argument
(LaTeX3)        from type 'N' to type 'V': base form only accepts a single
(LaTeX3)        token argument.

I suspect it does not change the accepted answer, though.

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These are 'code level' warnings, so as a user you should not need to worry. However, just in case the package maintainer misses them, you may wish to report them.

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    Done: see report on Bitbucket.
    – banbh
    Commented Aug 6, 2018 at 20:39
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    I guess that \peek_meaning_remove:VTF should be \exp_last_unbraced:NV \peek_meaning_remove:NTF and similarly for \token_if_eq_meaning:VNTF.
    – egreg
    Commented Dec 11, 2018 at 22:29
  • @banbh It seems nothing has been done about this, the bug report is still open. I updated my MiKTeX distribution to the latest versions this morning, and this has now changed from warning to error, so compilation grinds to a halt. How annoying ...
    – takrl
    Commented Jan 7, 2019 at 7:46
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    @egreg Thanks a lot. Your suggestion, plus commenting out the two \cs_generate_variant:Nn lines that produce the error, does the trick.
    – takrl
    Commented Jan 25, 2019 at 20:51
  • I've submitted bitbucket.org/cgnieder/fnpct/pull-requests/3/bug-13
    – Sean Allred
    Commented Feb 11, 2019 at 0:47

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