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semantic difference between <symbol> and <constant>?
- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- To: docbook mailing list <docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:17:38 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: DOCBOOK: semantic difference between <symbol> and <constant>?
is there a noticeable semantic difference between a
<symbol> and a <constant>? both have the same "class"
attribute, with the same possible value (limit), and
both use a strikingly similar example to demonstrate
their usage.
the doc for <symbol> does suggest that the <constant>
element may be more appropriate for some symbols, so is there
a compelling example of a value that would be <symbol> that
would clearly *not* be a <constant>?
and, given their similarity, it would probably be useful
that each of them refer to the other with "See Also".
rday
Robert P. J. Day, RHCE, RHCI
Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC
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