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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
Unix, Linux and Open Source corporate training

http://www.linux-migration.org



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