Pi and Phi should also be available as constants
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Shouln't Pi and Phi be stored under constants? After all they are constants
and showing them under variables is confusing O_o
Reported by enrico.gasparini
on 2008-09-11 07:30:43
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Account Deleted ``` I think that "immutable variables" are a contradiction. There should be something like "unnamed constants", "named constants" and "variables" (all variables have a name, of course). ```
Reported by `Ronny.Standtke` on 2008-12-23 09:04:43
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Account Deleted ``` An immutable variable is just an implementation convenience. Ideally, it would work
like you've described. The user should be able to assign a string to represent a constant. I'll keep this in mind for this feature. Thank you! ```
Reported by `helder.pereira.correia` on 2008-12-23 10:37:16
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Account Deleted ``` How can pi be a variable? ```
Reported by `arnoldmashava` on 2009-01-04 02:24:58
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Account Deleted ``` What about e, base of the ln()? ```
Reported by `somerandombystander` on 2009-03-28 00:05:53
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Account Deleted ``` "e" and all most common calculus/number theory constants will be available. Would be nice to have a list though. ```
Reported by `helder.pereira.correia` on 2009-03-28 12:52:17
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``` 'e' should indeed be available, regardless of how it is classified. The exp(1) is a temporary workaround, and you can set e yourself by performing e=exp(1) in speedcrunch. ```
Reported by `robacarp` on 2009-08-05 06:15:52
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Account Deleted Added in revision 122584f1
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helder.pereira.correia
on 2013-11-09 07:17:17 - Status changed:Fixed
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repo owner - changed milestone to 0.11
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``` Hi Enrico. I think you're right in the sense that they should be available is some constant category. But it's also handy if you can just type "pi" in you expression, and (immutable) variables are the only way to achieve it. But again, they should also be constants, yes. ```
Reported by `helder.pereira.correia` on 2008-09-11 08:32:53 - Status changed: `Accepted` - Labels added: Type-Enhancement, Milestone-0.11 - Labels removed: Type-Defect