Re: Strings as variable names

[Urs Liska]

Am 28.12.2015 um 18:49 schrieb David Kastrup:
>> Using the syntax with quotes is rather ugly, I agree.  But it is
>> > nonetheless potentially useful for two reasons:
>> > (1) it enables us to use numbers etc. in variable names
> Why would that be desirable?
> 

Whenever you have variables pointing to indexed parts or to consecutive
snippets you may want to use variables like

violin1 =
violin2 =

or

flute_phrase01 =
flute_phrase02 =

or similar.
This is expressive as LilyPond code per se, and would be accessible for
scripting, e.g. to generate stub files with empty varialbes.

The workaround using roman numbers is pretty cumbersome, and I think

violin_02_34 would be much more comprehensible to most users than
violinIIxxxiv

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Urs Liska
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