R shorthand

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hello all,

While answering Helge's post about multi-measure rests, I had a couple of 
R-elated observations/thoughts:

1. We shouldn't be encouraging code like R4*3 in a 4/4 measure, right? So the 
duration ultimately makes no sense anyway.
2. The most elegant solution would be to use R (i.e., with no duration) to 
represent a multimeasure rest, and it would "adapt" in duration to whatever 
time signature was in force at that moment.
3. Then R14 (e.g.) would represent 14 *measures*, not beats/counts — again, 
simpler, more elegant, and certainly more intuitive than the current situation.

Would it be difficult to implement such a scheme (play-on-words intended)?

Best regards,
Kieren.