Without getting as precise as using formal mathematical notation about all of this, there is going to be sufficient ambiguity that, if you desire, you can const

Without getting as precise as using formal mathematical notation about all of this, there is going to be sufficient ambiguity that, if you desire, you can construe it to be taking one or another subtly different stance on several points. Interestingly, those ambiguities are pretty readily solved without the formal notation if both parties are actually interested in communicating, rather than demonstrating that an initial statement said 'X' rather than 'Y'. You are clearly in the second camp here, so the ambiguities weren't easily resolved. shrug