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keywords, key phrases, contexts



Hello guys,

Does the meaning of keyword mean context sensitivity?

To quote from the manual (section 2.1.5.2 "e Keywords"):

"The keywords listed below are the components of the e language. Some of the 
terms are keywords only  when used together with other terms, such as  key  
in  list(key:key) ,  before  in  keep gen x before y , or   computed  in  
define def as computed ."

Does this mean "a" is a keyword only in a "is a" or "is not a" context 
("keyphrases")?

If yes, than for consistency, I would say "if" is a keyword if it appears in a 
conditional action context..

But, it seems there are no keywords any more, except maybe TRUE, FALSE, NULL, 
UNDEF, MAX_INT, MIN_INT, MAX_UINT...

Although type t : [TRUE] is legal...

Am I missing something here?

Thank you,
Cristian