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Ambiguities

The grammar contains a number of ambiguities. We hope to resolve them at some time.

  • The assignment
              foo = bar
              

    is interpreted as the string identifier assignment. However, it can also be interpreted as making a string identifier \foo containing "bar", or a music identifier \foo containing the syllable `bar'. The former interpretation is chosen.

  • If you do a nested repeat like
              \repeat ...
              \repeat ...
              \alternative
              

    then it is ambiguous to which \repeat the \alternative belongs. This is the classic if-then-else dilemma. It may be solved by using braces.

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