Luca Fascione <l.fasci...@gmail.com> writes: > I think this is because it being an unquoted string (PERLfolk call these > barewords) makes it feel more like an identifier, even if technically it's > a string (for the time being). > It also has some advantages for example it's easier to work with names > being always unquoted when you're grepping for them, kinda scenario > > I think things that work like language-level names, for this reason, should > flow unquoted, even if this requires effectively supporting barewords.
LilyPond's input syntax treats strings and unquoted words identical in most circumstances: essentially you can use quote marks to have things interpreted as a single word that would otherwise be split into several syntactic entities or be considered a notename (for example). -- David Kastrup
