Re: Scheme incompatibility

[Mats Bengtsson]

What's weird is that fractional numbers are accepted if you
specify them directly, for example
\override NoteHead #'font-size = #3.5


   /Mats

Fairchild wrote:
> This code works:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.4.3"
> size = #3
> \score {{\relative c'' {
> \override NoteHead #'font-size = \size
> c }}}
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Change the number to
>      size = #3.
> and it doesn't work.
>
> It seems Scheme code distinguishes integers from real numbers in a way 
> that is incompatible with LilyPond.  It is necessary to convert 
> "inexact" values. E.g.:
>
>      size = #( inexact->exact 3. )
> which is acceptable.  That's a pain.
>
> Should I:
> A. Further my education,
> B. Live with it,
> C. Report it as a bug,
> D. Suggest a documentation addition for Appendix B of the User Manual, 
> and/or
> E. Submit a feature request for compatibility.
>
> Advice?  Comments?
>
>                 - Bruce
>
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