> > From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> > > To: Andrew Bernard <andrew.bern...@gmail.com> > > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: Strings as variable names > > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 12:51:51 +0100 > > > > Andrew Bernard <andrew.bern...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > <lilypond-user-bounces+andrew.bernard=gmail....@gnu.org on behalf of > > > d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> The quote syntax is a bit of an ugliness which was added for sort-of > > >> consistency reasons. > > > > > > Consistency with what actually? > > > > After > > > > xxx = ... > > > > you can refer to \xxx. And > > > > "xxx" = ... > > > > has always been allowed for arbitrary strings. > > > > > And so the NR should in fact therefore be updated? > > > > It's not really making stuff more readable.
I think it would be useful to have it added to the NR. I have always been frustrated by the fact that I can't (or thought I couldn't) use underscores in variable names, and also that numbers are not allowed. Using the syntax with quotes is rather ugly, I agree. But it is nonetheless potentially useful for two reasons: (1) it enables us to use numbers etc. in variable names (2) the quotes help to distinguish our own defined variables from Lilypond's own. David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
