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Difference(s) between SR.var and SR.symbol ?

Almost all is in the title.

The online documentation of SR.symbol is made only of examples ; it deserves at least a skimpy justification of the existence of SR.symbol...

Reading the source code suggests that the actual work of creating a variable is done by SR.symbol, and that SR.var is a wrapper handling the processing of name(s), domain, LaTeX names, etc...

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Difference(s) between SR.var and SR.symbol ?

Almost all is in the title.

The online documentation of SR.symbol is made only of examples ; it deserves at least a skimpy justification of the existence of SR.symbol...

Reading the source code suggests that the actual work of creating a variable is done by SR.symbol, and that SR.var is a wrapper handling the processing of name(s), domain, LaTeX names, etc...

If so, what would be the point of using SR.symbol directly instead of SR.var ?

Comments ?

Difference(s) between SR.var and SR.symbol ?

Almost all is in the title.

The online documentation of SR.symbol is made only of examples ; it deserves at least a skimpy justification of the existence of SR.symbol...

Reading the source code suggests that the actual work of creating a variable is done by SR.symbol, and that SR.var is a wrapper handling the processing of name(s), domain, LaTeX names, etc...

If so, what would be the point of using SR.symbol directly instead of SR.var ?

Comments ?