Re: voice instantiation syntax (was Re: Lilypond Lobbying)

[Dmytro O. Redchuk]

On Mon 29 Aug 2011, 10:02 Tim Reeves wrote:
> "How do you like syntax like this:
>  e1 \< #0.25 \f #0.5 \> f2 \! #0.5"
> 
> Well, it's starting to to look too much like perl, to my non-programmer 
> eyes. 
That's why I like \<{delay=4} , \<{delay=4,length=7*8} etc :
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-08/msg00553.html

I am *not sure* that this is much better than macrame with spacing rests, but
probably it is.

> That is to say, I don't particularly like it, at first glance. Although, 
> maybe, if it makes sense, I  could get used to it.

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