The manual LMTX-primitives on page 21 tells me: You can explicitly freeze an unfrozen macro. ... A redefinition will now give: You can't redefine a frozen macro. But is this true? The following code seems to contradict this: \def\HOME{myhome} \writestatus{1}{\meaning\HOME} \letfrozen\HOME \writestatus{2}{\meaning\HOME} \def\HOME{other home} \writestatus{3}{\meaning\HOME}  Is this mechanism broken? It looks so useful to prevent accidental redefinition! dr. Hans van der Meer