Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 50, Issue 56

[Graham Percival]

Tim Reeves wrote:
> > I don't think that lily 2.8 was supposed to do this; it was a fortunate 
> > bug.
>
> Why should *being able* to do something that ones wants to do (as long as 
> it isn't harmful in some way) be considered a bug?

He wasn't _telling_ lilypond to do it, and lilypond wasn't _deciding_ to 
do it.  There was just a coincidence that it produced the result he 
wanted.  It was an accident.

Here's an example: pull one card from a deck of cards.  The chance of 
getting that particular card is 1/52.  Now stick that card back in the 
deck, shuffle it, and pull out another card.  Don't complain if you 
don't get the same card as you did the first time.

- Graham