I think that positioning the expression as you suggest would still result in the offset being given as EVPU -- that is, absolute units.
yes.
My way, with an offset in beats from the beginning of the measure, the expression always falls in the right place regardless of how the measure is spaced.
agreed (in principle), but typically the whole note measure takes up far too little space in the part (and is not proportionally related to surrounding measures) for the musician to be able to judge at which point the decresc. ends (p starts); for such precision you would be best to write out a dotted half tied to quarter; otherwise the musician is either going to estimate, or is going to check the score / ask colleagues... or is simply going to do whatever s/he feels like doing that day at that time.
if it is critical, yes i agree on using beat points, but often composers are really slack about notating this kind of precision, in which case, the end of the measure solution is the most elegant (-looking) one in many cases.
so, for example, if there are several instruments having this whole note with decresc. to 4th beat in the score i might in some cases still attach it to the right measure and cmd-drag (unlink) in the score to the 4th beat so that in the parts it is aligned with the right barline (with an appropriate leftwards offset); this gives you much more freedom with hairpin placement as well... which still sux in linked parts.
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