Re: Issue 1173 in lilypond: Segfault with showFirstLength/showLastLength when skipBars is set

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Comment #11 on issue 1173 by v.villenave: Segfault with  
showFirstLength/showLastLength when skipBars is set
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173

[Oops. I sent my comment before it was complete.]

I've been trying to review Mike's patch; it looks pretty good to me but as  
Neil pointed out is does come with a cost in terms of calculation, and  
solving this specific issue is out of my depth.

However, one simple workaround (however inelegant) would simply to *unset*  
skipBars whenever show[First|Last]Length is set.  Which I'd be happy to do;  
afterwards it would just come down to opening a new issue  
entitled "Enhancement: make showFirstLength compatible with skipBars".   
Unless we hear from someone with decent coding abilities soon, I think  
getting rid of the segfault is the priority here.