Re: Stop \lyricmode { \skip 1.*3 } from failing. (issue 13256053)

[David Kastrup]

Vik Reykja <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 2013/09/22 22:30:51, Vik Reykja wrote:
>>
>>> I think a patch like this requires at least one regression test.
>>>
>>
>> Well, actually the original lexer.ll patch would more likely have called
>> for a regression test as it covers a lot more change.
>>
>
> Well sure, but that ship sailed a year ago.

We're still phoning ships about hull leaks that sailed almost a decade
ago.  One would have thought they'd never make it out of port, but
people seem to be used to the bilge pump.

>> Would you want to propose one?  A sole \lyricmode { \skip 1.*3 }
>> seems a bit flimsy.
>>
>
> I'm still very much a lilypond newcomer, and I don't have much
> knowledge about lexers, so I don't really know what else that
> refactoring could have affected.  I found one construct that it broke
> and I don't think that including a regtest in the fix so it doesn't
> happen again is flimsy.

Hm.

-- 
David Kastrup