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February 2018), and so there is quite a bit to cover here. Luckily, one of the
things there \emph{is} to cover is that we are using a more formalised approach
for logging changes, so writing up what has happened is a bit easier.
(\LaTeX3 Nws~11 itself did not get \emph{published} when written, but is
(By mistake \LaTeX3 News~11 itself did not get \emph{published} when written, but is
now available: we have kept the information it contains separate as it
is a good summary of the work that had happened in 2017.)

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even more stable: \emph{squeezing} out more experimental ideas, refining
ones we have and making it a serious option for core \LaTeX{} programming.

As a result of these activities, the \LaTeX3 programming layer will be
available as part of the kernel of \LaTeXe{} from 2020-02-02 onwards, i.e., can
be used without explicitly loading \pkg{expl3}. See \emph{\LaTeX{}
News~31}~\cite{12:site-news} for more details on this.

\section{New features in \pkg{expl3}}

\subsection{A new argument specifier: \texttt{e}-type}
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\section{Notable fixes and changes}

\emph{write}

\subsection{Message formatting}

The format of messages in \pkg{expl3} was originally quite text-heavy, the idea
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supported engine, and in time will all be \emph{required}. This primarily
impacts \hologo{XeTeX}, which gained most of these primitives in the 2019
\TeX{} Live cycle. (Examples are the random number primitives and expandable
file data provision.) See \emph{\LaTeX{} News~31} for more on this.
file data provision.) See \emph{\LaTeX{} News~31}~\cite{12:site-news} for more on this.

\section{Documentation}

\subsection{News}

The \emph{\LaTeX3 News} files were until recently only used to create
\textsc{pdf} files on the team website. We have now integrated those into the
\pkg{l3kernel} (\pkg{expl3} core) bundle. The news files cover all of \LaTeX3
files, as the core files are always available.
\textsc{pdf} files on the team website~\cite{12:site}. We have now
integrated those into the \pkg{l3kernel} (\pkg{expl3} core)
bundle. The news files cover all of \LaTeX3 files, as the core files
are always available.

\subsection{ChangeLog}

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A number of new experimental modules have been added within the
\pkg{l3experimental} bundle
\begin{itemize}
\item \pkg{l3bechmark} Performance-testing system using the timing
\item \pkg{l3benchmark} Performance-testing system using the timing
function in modern \TeX{} engines
\item \pkg{l3cctab} Category code tables for all engines, not
just \hologo{LuaTeX}
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is particularly targeted at package with both generic and format-specific file
to install.


\begin{thebibliography}{9}

\fontsize{9.3}{11.3}\selectfont


\bibitem{12:site}
\emph{\LaTeX{} Project Website}.
\url{https://latex-project.org/}

\bibitem{12:site-news}
\emph{\LaTeXe{} release news letters on the \LaTeX{} Project Website}.
\url{https://latex-project.org/news/latex2e-news/}


\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}

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