Re: Lilypond error behaviour

[Sharon Rosner]

> More exactly, LilyPond's task is to read a LilyPond input file and
> process its contained expression according to the setting of hook
> variables (those may do something other than typesetting, for example
> converting to a MusicXML expression and writing it out again).  Some
> processing may result in files being generated (including PDF files).
> But the generation of PDF files is a side effect.  It does not have a
> relation to the occurence of errors.

OK, I think I finally get it. But then why are the errors classified as 
“fatal”? Is it only so that the exit code would be non-zero? Is this the 
difference between fatal and non-fatal errors? If so, maybe a better term could 
be used?

Sharon