Is the function used anywhere else in sage?

On Friday, January 8, 2016, Nathann Cohen <nathann.co...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > A confusing name not in the global namespace isn't much better.  How
> about a
> > rename that is clearer?   Ideas
>
> Unless you mean the function to be called by the users, in which case
> the name and behaviour must be pretty clear to anyone, it is probably
> better to make it private.
>
> >    is_named_constant
> >    is_famous_constant
> >    is_special_constant
>
> It all sounds to me like gadget functions. If the only way to
> understand the behaviour is to be the author of the symbolic code then
> it should be private. If nobody really understands what it does, it
> should be removed.
>
> Nathann
>
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