On 2012/09/03 18:08:23, Keith wrote:
The version "digits, but not at the end" lets us read vn2_meas345ff = \relative c' cis1 by depending on the ability of the scanner to back up.
The input ceses128_3ap is a single word, but upon finding the \ in ceses128_3\p the scanner has to back up to split as ceses 128 _ 3 \p
flex documentation is pretty clear about backing up being very expensive. I don't remember whether it was only expensive when it happens, or whether the expense was more or less a fixed cost. However, things like a4 are not actually rare in music input. http://codereview.appspot.com/6493072/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel