1.2 Odd Ends

  1.2.1 TeX Engine
  1.2.2 latex.ltx

<..xmlns..>
 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
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1.2.1 TeX Engine

The \trap:base is to catch empty bases of exponents like, e.g., in $a^{^b}$.

<..?..>
 \def\MathRow#1{%
    \Configure{\expandafter\:gobble\string#1*}{*}%
       {<ṁrow\Hnewline
          class="\expandafter\:gobble\string#1">}{</ṁrow>}%
       {\Configure{\expandafter\:gobble\string#1}{}{}{}{}}#1}%
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<..recall dvimath par..>
 \sv:ignore
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<..sv dvimath par..>
 \edef\sv:ignore{\if:nopar
     \noexpand\IgnorePar\else \noexpand\ShowPar\fi}%
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The \MathRow requests a <|.mrow\Hnewline>...</|.mrow>, instead of the contributions of \mathop, \mathrel,...., for the next parameter.

1.2.2 latex.ltx