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A strange control character is being inserted on character interpolations
before a closing \} of an if statement.

In the example below, there are two operations involving interpolation of a
string register before a \} of an if.  In the first operation, the output of 
the "tm" inside of the macro, M1, includes both an X and a control character.

The second operation shows that the string register X2 receives both an X
and a control character.  

I have experienced this problem with both nroff and ditroff.

nroff inserts an octal 36 (^^) while ditroff inserts a control-Q.

The obvious workaround is to insert a dummy statement just before the \}
but I would like to understand what is happening.  Any ideas?

.de M1
.if X\\n(R1X1X \{\
.tm \\*(U1\}
.if X\\n(R1X1X \{\
.ds X2 \\*(U1\}
..
.ds U1 X
.nr R1 1
.M1
.tm \*(X2X
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