[texhax] TeX command works for "1 Foo" but not for "11 Foo"

[martin f krafft]

Hi list,

This is a weird problem. I use the following for my thesis to force
me to include a date with each link I refer to, or make it explicit
that I don't need a date, e.g. \link{http://debian.org}{}:

  % not making #2 optional on purpose
  \renewcommand{\link}[2] {%
  \burl{#1}%
  \if\@empty#2\relax\else{ }\begin{smaller}{[#2]}\end{smaller}\fi%
  }

The problem is that this works fine for dates like 1 Oct 2007 or 15
Sep 2007, but as soon as the date is 11 or 22, something goes fishy:

While \link{http://debian.org/Bugs/server-control}{10 Oct 2007}}
yields:

  http://debian.org/Bugs/server-control [10 Oct 2007]

\link{http://debian.org/Bugs/server-control}{11 Oct 2007}} gets me

  http://debian.org/Bugs/server-control Oct 2007

Either TeX is on drugs, or I am, or I simply don't understand what's
going on. Could you help me figure this out, please?

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