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On 17/07/2013, at 9:53 PM, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:

> No, far too esoteric for me. We worked hard to cut down on the number of
> arg types in the refactor, and I'm not sold on the idea of adding any
> more back in.

Agreed. 

The one thing I've been keeping in the back of my mind is that as the number of functions that use \romannumeral increases the more justification there would be to reintroduce the "double" expansion arg spec. But I'm not sure if we're at the point yet (or if ever). 

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