Re: status 1 error question

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> With regard to "have not caused problems before": after version 2.19.22,
> assertions were enabled for the default compilations.  The given
> assertion triggers when a definite direction is required but 0 or
> #CENTER given.  "changing staves/voices" sounds like something where one
> could have settings like that.

Yes: both the notes (stems, flags, etc.) and rests would have definite 
directions.

> Previous to 2.19.22, this ended up doing "something", now it aborts
> instead.  So depending on what "not caused problems before" means, this
> could simply mean that you have some settings which would need to be
> either #UP or #DOWN (if set at all) but are 0 or #CENTER for some
> reason.

Ah! Very interesting — thank you for the details.

I’ll try to whip up a MWE of what I was encountering, so that the development 
team can determine whether it’s a bug, and/or if there’s some more graceful way 
of handling the resulting situation.

Best,
Kieren.
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