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David Kastrup writes
> iwsbarke@acs.ucalgary.ca (Scott Barker) writes:
[Stuff deleted...]
> >So I defined the macro as:
> 
> >\newcommand{\type}[1]{\verb"#1"\\}
> Well, \verb works by removing all special meaning to all characters,
> then reading its argument. If you define a macro like the above,
> the characters already have a fixed meaning, and \verb can only change
> the meaning of characters not already read in.
Right!
As far as I know it is impssible to use \verb... inside a macro like this  
at all.
If a command with arguments is found (like \type) the arguments are  
scanned *and tokenized* bevore the \verb gets them. Since \verb can only  
change the meaning of *characters* (not already tokenized text), nothing  
of the desired effect can take place.

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