Re: Strings as variable names

[Marc Hohl]

Am 28.12.2015 um 18:49 schrieb David Kastrup:
> David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
> > 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?

Well, speaking just for myself, I use roman numerals in \textI, \textII, 
... \textVII which is rather clumsy and error-prone
(IV versus VI etc.)

This is just a convenience factor, but \text1 ... \text7 would be
nice, but I see that this leads to major problems in terms of
durations vs. variable calls.

Just my 2 cents,

Marc