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Re: constant `e'
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: constant `e' |
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Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:34:23 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) |
>> but the reason why I propagated this to the repository is that even tho
>> the current implementation of `defconst' does not currently make
>> variables immutable, it is its intention.
> Curious; I was under the idea that having immutable variables in elisp
> was considered unnecessary.
It's of course not necessary. Whether it would be good or not is also
debatable. But the intention of "defconst" is obviously to define
a constant (hence the name), whether or not that it enforced by
the implementation.
>> In any case I completely agree that `e' should be renamed, maybe to
>> something like `math-e'.
> Yes. I like this one better than exp1.
Of course `pi' would want to be renamed similarly.
Stefan
Re: constant `e', Richard Stallman, 2007/02/09
Re: constant `e', Richard Stallman, 2007/02/10
Re: constant `e', David Kastrup, 2007/02/09