Ian Hulin <i...@hulin.org.uk> writes:
> Hi David,
> On 09/12/11 12:55, lilyp...@googlecode.com wrote:
>>
>> Comment #2 on issue 2072 by d...@gnu.org: Add proper complex
>> variables to Lilypond
>> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2072
>>
>> After thinking about it, assignments are possible only in contexts
>> where strings can't occur by themselves. So it should actually be
>> possible to use the syntax violin1 = { ... } or less covert
>> variants of specifying 1.
>>
>> Of course, only after having declared violin as an array.
> Two questions:
> Which problem are we solving here, numbers as valid characters in Lily
> identifiers,
More the problem of users asking for them. They just don't know what
they really want(TM) or would not dare asking for.
> or providing some sort of arrays/vectors/subscripted variables
> facility in Lily? If it's the latter, how would we "declare violin as
> an array"?
> Maybe \array violin 2 and access it as violin[1] = {...}
> violin[2] = {...}
Huh? I already described the access syntax. The definition would be
something like
violin = \vector 2
violin1 = {...}
violin2 = {...}
with you being free to write
violin #(+ 3 2) = {...}
or similar instead for the definition and
\violin #(+ 1 2)
for use.
Or
sonata = \vector 2
sonata1 = \struct #'(expo modulation reprise)
sonata1 #'expo = { ... }
sonata1 #'modulation = { ... }
sonata1 #'reprise = { ... }
Something like that.
--
David Kastrup
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