The superscripted degree symbol in $10^\circ$ comes out slightly low.
e.g.

\starttext

\placeformula\startformula
10^\circ \quad 10\mathstrut^\circ
\stopformula

\placeformula\startformula
x^7\quad x\mathstrut^7
\stopformula

\stoptext

I'm not quite sure what's right, but my eye says that the
$10\mathstrut^\circ$ looks better.  (And now I worry that all my
superscripts are too low, but that could be my just being a worry wart.)

Is the slightly lower superscript positioning a conscious choice with
MkIV math?  Or maybe there's a magic parameter to adjust it?

I made some tests with other tex engines.  In tex, pdftex, and latex, it
comes out higher (as if \mathstrut were there).  In pdflatex, it comes
out slightly low.

I noticed this isssue because my asymptote figures had the higher
positioning, whereas the main context document had the lower positioning
(and asymptote was using latex to generate the labels).

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