Perhaps, despite the widespread instances of "!" as line-breaks, it would be better to use "*" for this -- making "*" the equivalent of "!" and deprecating "!" (if you can deprecate something that wasn't in the standard to begin with) -- rather than messing with changing the !...! usage. While !...! may be less used than "!", it is already part of the standard.
I wouldn't be too much afraid of removing something from the standard if the majority finds it a bad idea. I use the !! notation in my tunes rather intensively, but if the future standard dictates otherwise, I personally wouldn't mind rewriting them... But of course we could say the same thing about the !-linebreak notation.
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