Re: table: code doesn't work any more with recent beta

[Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk>]

I'd seen a similar problem but didn't manage to catch it before it
slithered away.  But I'm pretty sure it used to work (perhaps with an
August 06 release).

Starting from your example, the following was the smallest file I
could find showing the same problem (using the latest beta):

\def\room{\starttable[|r|l|]}
\starttext
\room
\NC a \NC b \NC\MR
\stoptable
\stoptext

I think it's related to the argument processing in \starttable because
this works:

\def\room{\starttable}
\starttext
\room[|r|l|]
\NC a \NC b \NC\MR
\stoptable
\stoptext

-Sanjoy

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