Re: crash when \setting a grob if it is used afterwards

[David Kastrup]

Eluze <address@hidden> writes:

> with the code (admittedly wrong)
>   {  \set Fingering = #'(up)  g1 -1 } 
> LilyPond stops working; without the fingering (-1) there is neither warning
> nor crash
>
> similar crash with
>   { \set Stem = #'(up) g1 }
> but using a stemless "note" works:
>   { \set Stem = #'(up) s1 }

For an explanation, see
<URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2870#c7>

> would it be possible to create a warning/error message in such cases?

Haven't checked closely.  I think the tendency for LilyPond is to warn
and then do lethal nonsense anyway.

-- 
David Kastrup