Re: Issue 3471: bug?

[David Kastrup]

Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David, hi Harm,
>
> 2013/8/31 David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>
>>
>> An override is not a music function, so this is not strictly covered by
>> issue 3471.  Actually, 1.0 is accepted just fine.  It is just that we
>> are in music mode, and so things like -3 are a valid music expression (a
>> fingering, actually).  Or they would be...  It turns out that the
>> expression accepted for overrides is restricted ("closed") and
>> consequently can't end in a post-event, including being a post-event
>> like -3.
>>
>>
> Maybe it would be a good idea to clarify this here :
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/changes/index.html

This can't really be "clarified" at a reasonably user-accessible level.
So I'll try harmonizing the behavior instead, preferring the number
interpretation over post-events in this kind of context.

I'd prefer writing user docs for this case only if it turns out that we
really, really, really, really can't make LilyPond behave differently.

-- 
David Kastrup