save tabular in a box

[hvoss49]

Brief outline of the bug

[...]
(/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)
! Undefined control sequence.
\tbl_count_missing_cells:n #1->\tag_if_active:T 
                                                {\int_compare:nNnT \g__tbl_c...
l.9 \end{tabular}}

Up-to-date TL24

Minimal example showing the bug

\RequirePackage{latexbug} 
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\newsavebox\hvOBox

\savebox\hvOBox{%
\begin{tabular}{@{} *9c @{\hspace{6em}} *3c @{}}
2007& 2074& 1626& 113& 25& 8& 11&  8& 12&  71& 200& 3\\
\end{tabular}}

\begin{document}
foo
\end{document}

Log file (required) and possibly PDF file

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.26 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2024.11.10) 22 NOV 2024 10:49
entering extended mode
restricted \write18 enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
**08-09-18.ltx2
(./08-09-18.ltx2
LaTeX2e <2024-11-01>
L3 programming layer <2024-11-02>
(/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexbug/latexbug.sty
Package: latexbug 2024/07/16 v1.0p Bug-classification
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2024/06/29 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2024/06/29 v1.4n Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count196
\c@section=\count197
\c@subsection=\count198
\c@subsubsection=\count199
\c@paragraph=\count266
\c@subparagraph=\count267
\c@figure=\count268
\c@table=\count269
\abovecaptionskip=\skip49
\belowcaptionskip=\skip50
\bibindent=\dimen141
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/array.sty
Package: array 2024/10/17 v2.6g Tabular extension package (FMi)
\col@sep=\dimen142
\ar@mcellbox=\box52
\extrarowheight=\dimen143
\NC@list=\toks17
\extratabsurround=\skip51
\backup@length=\skip52
\ar@cellbox=\box53
)
\hvOBox=\box54
LaTeX Font Info: External font cmex10' loaded for size (Font) <7> on input line 9. LaTeX Font Info: External font cmex10' loaded for size
(Font) <5> on input line 9.

! Undefined control sequence.
\tbl_count_missing_cells:n #1->\tag_if_active:T
{\int_compare:nNnT \g__tbl_c...
l.9 \end{tabular}}

?
(/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def
File: l3backend-pdftex.def 2024-05-08 L3 backend support: PDF output (pdfTeX)
\l__color_backend_stack_int=\count270
\l__pdf_internal_box=\box55
)
(./08-09-18.aux)
\openout1 = `08-09-18.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for TS1/cmr/m/n on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 11.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 11.

[1

{/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
(./08-09-18.aux)

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LaTeX2e <2024-11-01>
L3 programming layer <2024-11-02>

---

)
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
1889 strings out of 473362
44751 string characters out of 5720989
417399 words of memory out of 5000000
25070 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000
558069 words of font info for 36 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000
1141 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191
35i,6n,50p,166b,1352s stack positions out of 10000i,1000n,20000p,200000b,200000s
</usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>

Output written on 08-09-18.pdf (1 page, 9483 bytes).
PDF statistics:
13 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607)
7 compressed objects within 1 object stream
0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 500000)
1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000)

[davidcarlisle]

Thanks, it's not so much that it's in a savebox, as that it is before \begin{document} typesetting before begin document is always rather fragile as much of the font and math code is not finalised at that point, however given this case works without array and worked with previous releases, we can probably avoid the error here.

[FrankMittelbach]

should be fixed in PL1 (fairly soon), but in general it is safer for many reasons to delay typesetting to the document start, e.g., with \AtBeginDocument{\savebox ...}

[FrankMittelbach]

on its way to ctan