Re: Auto-beaming infrastructure redo

[Carl Sorensen]

On 7/3/10 2:14 AM, "Hans Aberg" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 3 Jul 2010, at 01:04, Carl Sorensen wrote:
>>> If I throw in tuplets in this AST, setting them to 1:1, I get:
>>>          +
>>>          |
>>>     (1:1, [(2, 1/8), (3, 1/8), +, (3, 1/8)])
>>>                          |
>>>                 (1:1, [(2, 1/8), ((3, 1/8), (2, 1/8)])
>>> 
>>> That is, the tuplet p:q just appears as a pair (p, q) attached to the
>>> list.
>> 
>> But we don't need to introduce the tuplets in the LilyPond structure,
>> because the p:q for tuplets is already handled by LilyPond, as far
>> as I can
>> tell.  At least for right now, I think we can use a single
>> fundamental unit.
> 
> I think you may need to have the tuplets as a part of this structure
> in order to compute the correct beaming. Then the current flexible
> approach of LilyPond where they can be broken up in pieces might be a
> complication.

Can you give me a specific example of beaming where the tuplets would be
necessary?

Thanks,

Carl