Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?

[Thomas Morley]

Am Di., 2. Okt. 2018 um 21:57 Uhr schrieb Kieren MacMillan
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> If I were developing Lilypond code, I simply wouldn’t allow a note value to 
> be post-fixed to a variable, so
>
>    \part2
>
> would have only one interpretation (i.e., as the variable "part2"). But 
> that’s only because I can’t see a good use case for the alternative.

Well, below is valid code

val = "foo"

<<
  \new Staff \repeat unfold 4 c'4
  \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \val4 \val2 \val4 }
  \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \val4 \val4 \val2 }
>>

Your proposal would make it impossible.

Cheers,
  Harm