Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2713 in lilypond: \compoundMeter cannot handle irrational or fractional meters

[lilypond]

Comment #1 on issue 2713 by address@hidden: \compoundMeter cannot  
handle irrational or fractional meters
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2713

A small note on the classification of this issue.  In practice I think it's  
a mixture of bug and enhancement.

* I think it's a _bug_ that \compoundMeter cannot combine any arbitrary set  
of time signatures already supported by Lilypond.  As LP already supports  
time signatures like 3/10, 5/12 etc., it should support their use in a  
compound meter.  As it is, sometimes it works (the 3rd example attached)  
and sometimes it doesn't (the second), which again to my mind suggests a  
bug.

* The request for fractional meters is an enhancement because first of all  
someone would need to implement the fractional upper part of the time  
signature -- LP doesn't currently support something like (2/3)/4 so it  
needs work before it can support something like \compoundMeter #'((4 2/3  
4)).