extra space after variant

[Hans van der Meer <hansm@science.uva.nl>]

When I code:
      abc {\variant[xyz] pqr}
I find extra space typeset between "abc" and "pqr".

This extra space is absent when I code
       abc {\variant[xyz]pqr}
Thus the space in the source between ] and pqr makes a difference in  
the result.

Clearly visible in:
abc {\variant[xyz] pqr} abc {\variant[xyz]pqr}\crlf
abc {\Var[xyz]pqr} abc {\Var[xyz] pqr}\crlf

I would think that this should not happen.

The whitespace goes away by inserting an \ignorespaces in the variant- 
definition.
\def\variant[#1]% slow
   {\dosetscaledfont
    \expanded{\definedfont
      [\truefontname{\fontstringA\fontstylesuffix\fontvariant 
\fontstringA{#1}}
         at \scaledfont]}\ignorespaces}


Still using version 2005-11-14, forget this if already corrected in  
the latest version of the 30th.

yours sincerely,
dr. H. van der Meer