Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> I can understand newcomers coming up with this proposal: LilyPond is
> different to how most languages bar TeX treat numbers.  But it does
> puzzle me to have the old hands cheer them on.

Only because I’ve needed/wanted numbered variables literally thousands of times 
in the past 15 years of using Lilypond, whereas I’ve not even once ever 
needed/wanted

   var = "foo"
   \lyricmode { \var2 \var4 \var2 }

So I’m cheering on the newbie-feature-requesters because this feature, if 
implemented, would markedly improve my life as an engraver, whereas the 
limitations that might be introduced would (as far as I can tell) have zero 
effect either way on my engraving needs.

Cheers,
Kieren.
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