On 2022-03-19 7:53 pm, Dan Eble wrote:
On Mar 19, 2022, at 20:53, Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> wrote:
...
A convert-ly rule would probably not be possible given the limited
power
of regular expressions. As such, \partial might need to support
both
duration and music arguments. Initially I thought this might not be
possible, given that a naked duration can be treated as music; but
the
following does seem to work:
...
I wouldn't want to have to explain to users why these turn out
different.
\score {
\fixed c' {
\partial 4. 4.
}
}
\score {
\fixed c' {
\partial c4. c4.
}
}
Fair point, though the intention here would be that backwards
compatibility would only need to exist for a time. A warning could be
issued whenever a user applies the older syntax; this would inform the
user of the impending breaking change while still allowing existing code
to compile. When it is convenient, a future release would only support
music as the argument.
-- Aaron Hill
