On Wed, 10 Jan 2024, Raphael Mankin wrote: > That strikes me as being a programmer's response, and I speak as a programmer > for over 50 years. Using <> works, but it is unintuitive. If s0 is more > intuitive then that should be considered for future inclusion.
It's intuitive to me that s0 means a spacer rest of infinite duration, because it's one whole note divided by zero. And it opens the door to using 0 as a duration denominator for other things than "s", as in "c0" and "<c e g>0", let alone constructions like "s0." which would seem to be a spacer of one and one half times infinite duration. I don't think it's a good idea to open those doors. There doesn't seem to be any way to allow zero as the duration denominator except as a unique exception; it cannot be done in a way that's consistent with other syntax. -- Matthew Skala msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before tribes. https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/
