Re: var(1) = 0 ??

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On 28 Jan 2012, at 17:11, pathematica wrote:

> After a little reflection, I note that the proposed inclusion reads well
> (alerting to behaviour based on the number of elements in the set passed to
> it) but, whilst the description of the change is true ("behaviour when input
> is a scalar"), it is not comprehensive. For example, the dialogue at the
> terminal shown above demonstrates "behaviour when input is a vector of order
> one" as well behaviour when it is a scalar. 

the correct description would have been "behaviour when the function is applied 
along a singleton dimension of an array".
but the description of the change is just a mnemonic message of use to 
developers only, users will probably never even see it, 
so what's really important is the function docstring.