Re: markup->string

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 13 nov. 2022 à 16:22, Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Nevertheless, _if_ the old code is just (markup->string
> <whatever-markup>), would it be possible to leave it untouched while
> running convert-ly? After all it continues to work with 2.23. in this
> simple manor, only inserting a more complex expression, if the old
> code already has an optional argument?
> Can't check myself, my python is as non-existent as my C++ ...


How do you know if the old code does not use the optional argument? It could be 
any Scheme expression, or even a #{ … #} expression. Scheme has more syntax 
than one might think: there could be ; or #! or #| comments and all sorts of 
things.

One could special-case (markup->string <symbol>), catching a subset of those 
cases. I’m not bothered by the current replacement, but would that make you 
happier? In any case, we can’t reliably detect all cases of markup->string 
applies to one argument only.

Jean