Re: error: unknown escaped string:... after defining a variable

[David Kastrup]

Eluze <address@hidden> writes:

> with 
>
> \version "2.19.0"
> A={c d e}
> \A
>
> I get the message "error: unknown escaped string: `\A'"
>
> putting something substantial(?) like a markup or another definition after
> the definition the variable A can be used without brackets:
>
> \version "2.19.0"
> A={c d e}
> A={c d e}
> \A
>
> is this a bug, remediable?

Not a bug, not remediable.

A={c d e}
\addlyrics { this is bad }

would be legitimate, so the assignment is not complete without looking
at the next token, and the next token is \A which is not defined.

-- 
David Kastrup