Re: GOP2-3 - GLISS (final)

[Janek Warchoł]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> It would mean that 3/2+2/5 would mean #((3 2) (2 5)) basically wherever
> you chose to write it.  Since we don't have a use for it anywhere except
> after \time (and it is actually a rather uncommon use of time), it seems
> like overkill.
>
> One could try to devise a scheme where, say
>
> 2+3/4 -> #(2 3 . 4)                   (meter)
> 2+3+2 -> #(2 3 2)                     (beat pattern)
> 2/2+3/4 -> #((2 . 2) (3 . 4))         (meter)
>
> and then figure out predicates that can reliably tell a meter from a
> beat pattern.  But it would not really extend to "irrational meters", I
> think.  And I am not sure that this kind of complexity for interpreting
> strings of the kind [0-9+/]+ is really helpful.

scrap it, then.
I'll keep my €25 :P

Janek