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Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: xoptarg Author's name: Josselin Noirel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xoptarg Summary description: Expandable macros that take an optional argument License type: lppl
Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The command taking an optional argument are not expandable. This package allows them to be expandable provided they take at least one mandatory argument. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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