On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> > > > Le 24 janv. 2023 à 01:06, Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> a écrit > : > > > > On 2023-01-23 3:58 pm, Jean Abou Samra wrote: > >> Well, so we are basically having the discussion > >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2021-09/msg00074.html > >> again. > > > > Okay, let's shut this down now. I have no recollection whatsoever being > part of the prior discussion, so I am very sorry about that. > > > > Well, if you didn’t recall the previous discussion but nevertheless > proposed a similar idea, that is an indication that there is some real need. > > I actually lean towards adding \* and calling it a day. > > I wouldn't object to \*. Someone who doesn't understand it doesn't need to use it. "\* 3 a8" is clearly different from "a8*3". And it even gets more clearly different when you can do \* 3 {a8 b c d e} but not {a8 b c d e} * 3 Carl