Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?

[Maarten Deen]

On 2018-10-02 18:31, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Maarten,
>
> > Why are there no numbers allowed in variable names?
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> "part1" = { c''4 4 4 4 }
>
> \score {
>   \new Staff \"part1"
> }
>
> As for why you need the quotes… well, I’ll leave the explanation up to
> more knowledgeable people than I.

Thanks, that works (well, "part1" = { c''4 c c c } does ;) ).
This does not work in 2.16.2 though, that version can not cope with 
quoted variables.

Regards,
Maarten