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Re: snippet throws programming errors (Jim Long) 53
From: |
Keith OHara |
Subject: |
Re: snippet throws programming errors (Jim Long) 53 |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:44:46 +0000 (UTC) |
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Cynthia Karl <pckarl <at> mac.com> writes:
> IMO, the problem is that my simple snippet causes LilyPond to declare that
> programing errors have occurred. Programming errors are a serious
> problem. Programming errors are only
> solved by correcting the program, not by avoiding them by modifying the
> input to the program.
This is, of course, the cue for the rest of us to say :
"You've been using LilyPond longer than me; why haven't you yet corrected
this serious problem !? "
> You are
> suggesting that LilyPond is incapable of diagnosing a simple syntax
> error in its input.
>
LilyPond is very accepting of varied syntax, makes up the missing parts,
and in this case creates situations that other of its various spare-time
programmers thought could only indicate an error.