I understand the difference between Pser and Pseq. But while reading the documentation I notice that there is no mention of the reason for the name. What does Pser stand for?
Iā¦ donāt know, actually. Couple of guesses:
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Maybe something related to series or serialā¦? Thatās a stretch because thereās Pseries for a totally different purpose, butā¦? Itās not totally implausible, if we say
Pseq(..., 5)means āembed this sequence 5 timesā butPser(..., 5)means āembed a 5-item series drawn from this arrayāā¦
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Or,
ris the next letter of the alphabet afterqā¦ so it might be reflecting the relationship that wayā¦? Which is also odd, but only a little less plausible than the other.
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The association with āserialā makes sense, and gives me word to attach to the programming construct! Itās funny how the actual intention behind the name has been lost with (Iām guessing) time.