e = exp 1

[D. Tweed]

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Serge D. Mechveliani wrote:

> I wrote about  e :: Double  for the Library.
> 
> It can be obtained as  exp 1,  
> but I wonder whether it is good for the library to add the `e' 
> denotation.

Just a comment: my programming style (and others I've seen) use single
letters parameters a lot, so if it is added a longer name would be
preferable. This is based on the fact that I don't use `e' (as opposed to 
exp x) much.

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