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The 'throw away' temporaries are handy for ad hoc code, mainly: that was the context in which the initial query arose.

Joseph Wright
– Joseph Wright ♦

2018-08-24 20:22:11 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2018 at 20:22
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@JosephWright yes but one person's ad hoc code ends up being someone else's go-to package 20 years later:-)

David Carlisle
– David Carlisle

2018-08-24 20:24:30 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2018 at 20:24
I just got bitten by \@tempdima being used both by \rule and by \l@section: I was hacking into \l@section and trying to use the \@tempdima configured by it in the parameters of an extra \rule, but to no avail of course as \rule itselfs resets \@tempdima.

user4686
– user4686

2018-08-25 09:59:55 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2018 at 9:59

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