Re: Issue 2072 in lilypond: Add proper complex variables to Lilypond

[Keith OHara]

 <lilypond <at> googlecode.com> writes:

> I propose developing the infrastructure that allows saying
> violin = \makeVector 2
> and afterwards using
> \violin 1 = { ... } % backslash is no typo here
> as well as { ... \violin 1 }

Remember that issue 1670 asked for numbers embedded in identifiers
  violin1mvt2 = { c' ...}
and that Matthias' patch (from 2004 --I've updated) that allows their use as
  \new Staff \violin1mvt2

Matthias' patch alone does not free us from using quotes in the definitions
  "violin1mvt2" = { c' ...}
but this is not horrible, given that we use quotes in LilyPond input for
  \clef "treble_8"
but not
  \clef alto