> The score below has the Bar_number_engraver moved to Staff level:
> depending on the details of the music this causes an error:
>
> programming error: cyclic dependency:
> calculation-in-progress encountered for
> VerticalAxisGroup.adjacent-pure-heights
> continuing, cross fingers
>
> In the real-life example that lead to this MWE the typesetting is
> ok, so I'm submitting this in the hope it may prove useful for
> developers. [...]
Actually, I'm not surprised by the error message. Your input code can
be reduced to the following, also shown in the attached image.
```
\version "2.24.0"
<<
\new Staff { \stopStaff
f'1 | f'1 }
\new Staff { R1 | R1 }
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\remove Bar_number_engraver
}
\context {
\Staff
\consists Bar_number_engraver
\override BarNumber.break-visibility = #all-visible
}
}
```
As can be seen, there are no bar lines available in the first staff,
which are needed for the bar number engraver to vertically position a
bar number. Of course, the error message is cryptic, and my
interpretation might just be an educated guess – but I believe that a
error message is OK for this situation.
What do you *really* want to achieve?
Werner
