Hi David,
On 27/06/2022 21:07, David Kastrup wrote:
Before looking for a possible following `=`
LilyPond has to have made a decision what type the token/expression
coming before that has. It cannot look at the type of a #... expression
before deciding to look for `=` but it can (and will) look at the type
of a $... expression.
Now syntax errors are comparatively unhelpful, so one could try to
tentatively accept an #... = ... expression anyway and then barf if the
expression type does not support it. The result would likely not be
worse for the user.
thanks for your consideration. I don’t think I’m qualified to speak on
that… a decision might depend on how strongly a user is expected to know
about the # vs. $ issue.
Best, Simon
