On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 21.09.2011 um 05:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: > >> The following works in MkIV but fails in MkIV: >> >> \unprotect >> \def\!!yesandon{yes,on} >> \doifinsetelse{yes}\!!yesandon > > \ExpandSecondAfter\doifinsetelse{yes}\!!yesandon > > It¢s awkward but this how it works in MkII. \ExpandSecondAfter is MkII only, so I cannot use it for code that is to be used in both MkII and MkIV. So, I re-request my original proposal: in core-gen.mkii \def\p!doifinsetelse#1#2#3#4% {\donefalse \edef\!!stringa{#3}% \ifx\!!stringa\empty \else - \processcommalist[#4]\p!docheckiteminset + \processcommacommand[#4]\p!docheckiteminset \fi \ifdone\expandafter#1\else\expandafter#2\fi} Aditya