Re: How to get irrational tuplets inside a regular meter like 9/8

[Nathan Ho]

On 2016-11-08 15:02, mclaren wrote:
> Whatever Lilypond is doing internally, there's some arbitrary limit to 
> the
> numbers it uses. Time signatures above some large value cause a crash. 
> Too
> many tuplets of too many different kinds causes Lilypond to crash.

Hi mclaren,

So you found bugs in LilyPond. In fact, I can reproduce the time 
signature issue in 2.19.50, since this code causes LilyPond to hang:

{
  \time 9999999999/1
  s1
}

You don't need to go on a whole rant about how it's stupid or unmusical, 
and you don't need to accuse LilyPond of being backed by a conspiracy of 
programmers out to destroy music. It's a mistake, plain and simple, and 
it was overlooked because nobody has reported it before, and nobody has 
reported it before because such time signatures are extremely rare. I 
certainly would not expect to see them outside of "score as art" works, 
such as some of Tom Johnson's graphic scores or John Stump's infamous 
parody engravings.

I agree that these limitations are flaws in LilyPond that should be 
fixed. Maybe if you could grow up and stop being so entitled and 
accusative, the dev team would be willing to accommodate these needs, 
prioritization issues notwithstanding.


Nathan