strange error

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> lilypond-book scratch.ly
> lilypond-book (GNU LilyPond) 1.7.18
> Reading `/home/lily-puts/falstaff/scratch.ly'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/lilypond-book", line 1534, in ?
>     do_file (input_filename)
>   File "/usr/local/bin/lilypond-book", line 1396, in do_file
>     chunks = chop_chunks (chunks, 'lilypond-block', make_lilypond_block,
> 1)
>   File "/usr/local/bin/lilypond-book", line 943, in chop_chunks
>     m = get_re (re_name).search (str)
> RuntimeError: maximum recursion limit exceeded
> 
> I'm getting the above error. Mats suggested there was an error earlier
> in the file than where I thought the problem was.  I have trimmed the
> file down to the smallest that produces this error.  In the attached
> file lines 255 and 332 are currently commented out.  I get the error
> with the file as it is.  If I remove one or the other file the error
> disappears.  I find it very puzzling that removing a comment line would
> have any effect at all.

You have to use lilypondfile{} for larger fragments -- putting it
inline will stretch the python regex library beyond its capabilities.  

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