Re: Strings as variable names

[David Kastrup]

Johan Vromans <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:28:58 +0100
> Johan Vromans <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> NR refers to
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/organizing-pieces-with-variables
>> which does not mention the quoted syntax, and explicitly disallows dashes
>> and underscores.
>> 
>> === Suggested replacement text ===
>> ...
>> === end of suggestion ===
>
> Is this going to be taken seriously or can I spare the efforts?

There is a tracker issue for it and some discussion.  The current state
is somewhat misleading as well as inconsistent, so change is desirable.
There does not seem to be a high level of excitement for fixing this
among those who discussed it.  That makes it likely that any action will
take a while before the topic reaches the top of the importance list for
any of the usual suspects.  Have you followed the discussion in the
tracker?

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David Kastrup