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Update documentation to reflect new expression phase terminology #5599

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#2964 changed our expression phase terminology:

  • "value phase" -> "expression phase"
  • "symbolic value" -> "symbolic constant"
  • "constant" -> "template constant"
  • "constant or symbolic value" -> "constant"

However, some documentation still uses the term "symbolic value", and some uses of the term "constant" appear to be following the old definition (e.g. here).

Cleaning up "symbolic value" should be a simple find-and-replace. Cleaning up "constant" probably has to be done by manual inspection, since some uses are presumably using the new definition, but the blame history may help: any usage older than July 2023 (when #2964 was merged) very likely needs to be rewritten to "template constant".

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