Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Maarten,
>
>> Why are there no numbers allowed in variable names?
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> "part1" = { c''4 4 4 4 }
>
> \score {
>   \new Staff \"part1"
> }
>
> As for why you need the quotes… well, I’ll leave the explanation up to
> more knowledgeable people than I.

Is c4 a note or a variable name?  Is \part2 the variable "part" followed
by a half note, or is it the variable "part2"?

It's easy to tell the developers "make it so".  But before you can tell
a compiler to "make it so", you need to have a logically coherent
proposal.

-- 
David Kastrup