Re: Syntax change proposal:

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Monday, July 16, 2012 9:18 AM


> Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 02:02:31AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>>> 
>>> One really ugly problem is interpreting things like "4.".  Looks like a
>>> duration, but then we have
>>> input/regression/dynamics-broken-hairpin.ly:  line-width = 4.\cm
>>
>> I am against making a change like this outwith[1] of GLISS.  It
>> could involve a lot of user pain (and documentation-editing
>> pain!), so I think it's important to at least pretend[2] to have
>> good user consultation beforehand.
> 
> I disagree with "a lot of user pain".
> 
>> As far as the actual proposal goes, I'm generally in favor.

[snip a long convincing argument]

I'm generally in favour too, but I'd be happier if this were deferred
until 2.17.

Trevor