2006/4/17, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>:
> Nicolas Barbier wrote:
>
>> In for example set.sgml, just "name" is used for the exact same
>> concept. I changed the patch so that "varname" is used, because
>> "name" was already in use by this specific grammar. Maybe the usage
>> of "var" makes it less clear indeed, for people that know that those
>> things are always referred to as "parameters" and never as
>> "variables".
>
> A variable would be something that you store application data in,
> whereas a parameter is some nondata value that influences your
> calculations. That's my recollection of how the terms are used in
> mathematics. So parameter is decidedly the better term than variable.
> If that is confusing, make it config_param or something like that.
Updated patch attached. We just had another person that made the
mistake, hopefully making up for the time and resources I'm depriving
you guys of :-).
Nicolas
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