Re: Dynamics context spawns additional contexts when polyphonic

[David Kastrup]

Valentin Villenave <address@hidden> writes:

> Greetings everybody,
>
> I’m having a weird time today with the following code:
>
> %%%%
>
> \version "2.17.30" % Also with earlier versions.
>
> \new Dynamics { a1\f << a \\ b\p >> }
>
> %%%%
>
> The first bar works as expected; in the second all hell breaks loose:
> notes are printed in newly-created Voice contexts, and an additional
> (unwanted) Staff context is spawned.
>
> I suspect the VoiceSeparator item is the culprit here, since removing
> it prevents the behavior from being triggered:

I'm having a weird time with that report.  \\ is called a Voice
separator, so it separates voices.

Why is this problematic?

-- 
David Kastrup