Re: Proposed context property renaming

[Simon Albrecht]

On 11.12.24 20:04, Trevor Bača wrote:
> Regardless of the names of Lily's underlying (and therefore
> user-invisible?) types, these user-facing context properties all measure
> time, and not space. I think there might be a real gain in clarity in the
> public-facing API if we move to labeling time-based properties with
> "duration" and reserve "length" for properties that measure things in
> centimeters, inches, staff spaces and the like.

That would only make sense in the context of renaming the duration type 
entirely. Which would be an enormous change and I don’t think you’re 
really suggesting.

Users need to know whether a music function or a property expects a 
value like 4 or like \musicLength 4. One gives true with ly:duration?, 
the other with ly:moment?. So without a full rework of the entire user 
interface to durations and moments, your avenue of solving is not viable.

Best, Simon