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Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables? |
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Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:17:31 +0200 |
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Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi David,
>
>> I can understand newcomers coming up with this proposal: LilyPond is
>> different to how most languages bar TeX treat numbers. But it does
>> puzzle me to have the old hands cheer them on.
>
> Only because I’ve needed/wanted numbered variables literally thousands
> of times in the past 15 years of using Lilypond, whereas I’ve not even
> once ever needed/wanted
>
> var = "foo"
> \lyricmode { \var2 \var4 \var2 }
>
> So I’m cheering on the newbie-feature-requesters because this feature,
> if implemented, would markedly improve my life as an engraver, whereas
> the limitations that might be introduced would (as far as I can tell)
> have zero effect either way on my engraving needs.
So what is wrong with using \"var2" or \var.2 ?
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, (continued)
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Thomas Morley, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Kieren MacMillan, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Thomas Morley, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, David Kastrup, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, David Kastrup, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Kieren MacMillan, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Kieren MacMillan, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, David Kastrup, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Kieren MacMillan, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, David Kastrup, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Thomas Morley, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, David Kastrup, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, J Martin Rushton, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, David Kastrup, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, J Martin Rushton, 2018/10/02
- Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?, Thomas Morley, 2018/10/02