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+\version "2.15.17"
+
+\header{
+ texidoc= "Test backup of predicate-based optional music function arguments.
+
+Unit expressions like @code{3\cm} can't be parsed as optional
+arguments since they would require lookahead after @code{3}. However,
+if @code{3} gets rejected as an optional argument based on evaluating
+its predicate, it should still be able to participate as part of a unit
+expression in a following mandatory argument."
+}
+
+\layout { ragged-right = ##t }
+
+test=#(define-void-function (parser location expect . rest)
+ (list? (string? "def1") (integer? "def2") (number-pair? "def3") integer?)
+ (if (not (equal? expect rest))
+ (ly:parser-error parser
+ (format #f "Expected ~a, got ~a.\n" expect rest)
+ location)))
+
+twice=2
+
+\test #'("a" 3 (3 . 4) 8) "a" 3 3/4 4\twice
+\test #'("a" 3 "def3" 8) "a" 3 4\twice
+\test #'("a" 4 "def3" 2) "a" 4\twice
+\test #'("def1" "def2" "def3" 8) 4\twice