Re: Lilypond error behaviour

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> Except that the premise of this thread was that users […]
> want to be able to deduce the presence of errors from the existence of output 
> files.

Ah… sorry, I didn’t get that that was the premise.

> So it pretty much doesn't matter what we write on the console: it's not
> acceptable for LilyPond to produce any file in case of a syntax error.

Agreed, if that’s actually what’s on the table.

I personally read all errors AND check the output (AND up the log level, if I 
can’t find the problem that way)… but I know that isn’t true of all users. I 
did find it a bit disconcerting when I first noticed version number problems 
outputting fatal errors… but I quickly got over it without ultimately caring 
too much either way.

Maybe this thread is just a sign that Lilypond is becoming a victim of its own 
“success" (however limited that may be, relatively speaking).

Thanks,
Kieren.
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