Re: error handling

[Jean Abou Samra]

On 7/5/22 01:10, Thomas Morley wrote:
> Am Di., 5. Juli 2022 um 00:34 Uhr schrieb Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr>:
>
> I just detected I can't compile my code with 2.22. any more, due to
> the internal changes in \repeat volta.
> Ofcourse it could have been any other change as well.
> Should I code for both lily-versions, just to get helpful error
> messages? Well, no, thanks.
>
> > We have a real problem here.
> You are a master of understatement.



I sense the long coding day behind this sentence ... :)


> Does it help to use master, not byte-compiled?


Short answer: no.

Slightly less short answer: what matters is the way LilyPond executes
the code in the file, not the way it executes its internal code.
Also, bytecode is precisely what gives you the error locations.