#17958: implement declare_var, deprecate (None)var
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       Reporter:  rws        |        Owner:
           Type:  defect     |       Status:  new
       Priority:  major      |    Milestone:  sage-6.6
      Component:  symbolics  |   Resolution:
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Comment (by nbruin):

 Replying to [comment:32 kcrisman]:
 > Well, of course another reason is that in doctests it can be annoying to
 do
 > {{{
 > sage: var('a')
 > a
 > }}}
 > while
 > {{{
 > sage: a=var('a')
 > sage:
 > }}}
 > seems cleaner.   Maybe it's not all due to confusion.
 I'm not quite clear whether you mean:
  - side-effectful routines should NOT return a value (quite standard) and
 should NOT print something.
  - side-effectful routines are unclean anyway and it's no bother to type
 `a=var('a')`.

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