Option "label" adds an extra pair of braces to \cs{the\@enumctr}

When option label is used, an extra pair of braces is added to \cs{the\@enumctr}, which influences \@currentlabel. This may break macros aiming to retrieve value from a label, for example the \gerrefnumber from refcount package (see this TeX-SX question as an example).

Is this pair of braces a must?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\def\test{\meaning\@currentlabel}
\makeatother

\begin{enumerate}
  \item text \test
  % this defines \@currentlabel to "1"
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*., ref=\arabic*]
  \item text \test
  % this defines \@currentlabel to "{1}"
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

jbezos / enumitem

Option "label" adds an extra pair of braces to \cs{the\@enumctr} #23