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Date:         Wed, 7 Jun 2017 12:14:28 +0200
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From:         Alexander Grahn <A.Grahn@HZDR.DE>
Subject: \hbox_set:Nn issue after expl3 [2017/05/13] update
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Good afternoon,

the recent version change of expl3 from [2017/04/01] (last TL-16 state) to
[2017/05/13] (initial TL-17 state) changed the behaviour of \hbox_s:Nn, which
made a hot-fix necessary for one of my packages (ocgx2) on CTAN.

The problem boils down to the following code, which used to work with expl3 as
of v. 2017/04/01, but fails now with `! Missing } inserted.' error.

  \documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{hyperref}
  
  \usepackage{expl3}
  \ExplSyntaxOn
  
  \begin{document}
  
  \href{https://www.ctan.org}{\dots
    \hbox_set:Nn0\bgroup CTAN    % broken since expl3 [2017/05/13]
  %  \setbox0=\hbox\bgroup CTAN  % hot-fix
    \egroup\box_use:N0
  \dots}
  
  \end{document}

I would like to return to using \hbox_set:Nn instead of \setbox.

Alexander