Re: another convert-ly problem

[Edward Sanford Sutton, III]

On Friday March 26 2004 17:00, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> 
> address@hidden writes:
> > > Yes it would, but how would you parse a balanced parenthesis
> > > expression using regular expressions?
> > 
> > Aaaaah.. So you're somehow limited to regexps.. explains everything :) 
> > 
> > I have to admit that for a while, I thought it was due to laziness that 
you 
> > left out some nontrivial conversions..
> 
> Almost correct: I limit myself to regexps _because_ I am lazy :-)

  I'm a fan of laziness. I find the easy lazy way to do something while still 
accomplishing the task with a desired quality. Since I presently prefer 
Lilypond output over other programs, I'd still call even your laziness a very 
nice thing for you to honor us all with (although your code cleaners may 
disagree).
  Could this be resolved by handling the parenthesis related fixes with 
launching entirely different code to either execute those changes or to patch 
the bad conversions?
  I found a similar scenario from running 1.8.x and using statements like 
#(set-octavation 1) lead to the parenthesis stepping further over, which 
caused syntax errors. I corrected mine, but isn't convert-ly what 
mutopiaproject should rely on for non-manual updates?