[mailing] [mb-style] 'Op. XX No. YY' or 'Op. XX, No. YY'

[Andrew Conkling]

On 11/27/06, Leiv Hellebø <leivhe at broadpark.no> wrote:
> 1) Two acceptable forms is (are?) one more than is needed.
> 2) Having two will surely be confusing to some, especially new users. We
> risk getting multi-disc releases which are internally or series-wise
> inconsistent.
> 3) For those who'd like to search after all tracks with "Op. 63 No. 1",
> we'd best stay with one.
> 4) 63/1 is perhaps at cross-purposes with AbbreviationStyle.

Agreed throughout.

> (That being said, I think 63/1 is an effective, perhaps even elegant,
> way of conveying the information.)

Agreed, but to play devil's advocate, it's rather unclear. And I'll
still claim today that my own personal style (that I used before
starting with MB) was more effective and elegant, but definitely not
as clear; those don't seem to be MB's goals.