Expressions in english manual



On 2013-11-29, Bill Wood <william.wood3 at comcast.net> wrote:

>     When variable listconstvars is set to true the result returned by
> listofvars(expr) will contain constant variables, such as %e, %pi, %i or
> any variables defined as constant, that occur in expr.
>
> It's only a couple of characters shorter but it is closer to a simple
> declarative sentence in form.

FWIW (and I know this is minor quibbling) I prefer the present
indicative -- "the list returned by listofvars contains ..." or
something like that.

Slightly less minor -- it would be good to look at the code and see
exactly what is the test used to determined what's a constant. For
example, maybe listofvars calls constantp (that would make sense but
there's no guarantees). Then we would say "any variables for which
constantp is true" or something.

best

Robert Dodier