Re: Substitute for s1*0

[Pavel Roskin]

Quoting Graham Percival <address@hidden>:

> On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 08:58:11AM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > David Kastrup wrote Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:57 AM
> >
> > >In fact, isn't <> generally prettier than s1*0?  Should we be using it
> > >in code and documentation rather than s1*0?
> >
> > Definitely prettier, but maybe not so transparent as s1*0.
>
> +1
>
> What about defining a
>   null
> or
>   n
> "note name"?  Then we could write
>   c4 n\footnote

My preference is "z".  There are fewer words that start with "z" than  
with "n" and it's easy to remember "z" as shorthand for "zero".

Reusing symbols like "<" and ">" for new meanings would turn Lilypond  
sources into something like Perl.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin