Re: "inline" (scoped) definitions?

[Paul Scott]

Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote:

> [ Mac OS X 10.2.8;  Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ]
>
> Howdy, y'all!
>
> Just wondering if there's a way to define a directive/variable "inline"?
>
> e.g.

....

> [Result (n.b., the same as above) = a4 a a a g2 g c4 c c c g2 g]
>
> or, better still, define it as (during) the first call:
>
> stuff = \notes
> {
>     a4 a a a
>     { g2 g } == innerDef
>     c4 c c c
>     \innerDef
> }
>
> [Result (n.b., the same as above) = a4 a a a g2 g c4 c c c g2 g]
>
> The benefit, of course, would be that you would be able to keep 
> similar definitions "inline" and "together" (e.g., notes in the \notes 
> block, time switches in the \global block, etc.), and in a 
> well-defined "scope", which could help reduce score complexity.
I put notes in separate \notes blocks and time switches in global blocks 
anyway irrelevant of the usefulness of inner definitions.  How do your 
inner definitions help this?  Example?

Paul Scott