According to reference pages, Quiet "does not quiet messages that occur during formatting", which typically is just a nuisance, but it seems to affect NotebookImport.
Consider this definition that uses NumberForm, which is mentioned in the ref page of Quiet as exactly raising such format message:
exportForm[{l_,r_}][n_]:= StandardForm[NumberForm[n,{l,r},ExponentFunction->(Null&)]];
If the above is saved in a notebook and then the input is imported:
NotebookImport["~/Desktop/example-notebook.nb", "Input"]
the definition changes - note the right hand side displays as n
{HoldComplete[exportForm[{l_,r_}][n_]:=n;]}
While the full form shows the definition
NotebookImport["~/Desktop/example-notebook.nb", "Input"] // FullForm
List[HoldComplete[CompoundExpression[SetDelayed[exportForm[List[Pattern[l,Blank[]],Pattern[r,Blank[]]]][Pattern[n,Blank[]]],StandardForm[NumberForm[n,List[l,r],Rule[ExponentFunction,Function[Null]]]]],Null]]]
However, this seems to interfere with subsequent processing.
In addition the message appears:
NumberForm::iprf: Formatting specification {l,r} should be a positive integer or a pair of positive integers.
This message is not raised when the function is actually defined,
so the behavior seems like a bug. Is there a workaround or a way to apply Quiet to such "loud" definitions?
