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@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ \subsection{Component Variability Prefixes discrete, parameter, constant}\label{
 
 \begin{nonnormative}
 For \lstinline!Real! variables we can distinguish two subtly different categories: discrete-time and piecewise constant.
-The discrete-time \lstinline!Real! variables must be assigned in a when-clause.
+For a \lstinline!Real! variable, being discrete-time is equivalent to being assigned in a when-clause.
 The discrete-time variables can be used as argument to \lstinline!pre!.
 The discrete-time variables are a subset of all variables that are piecewise constant and only change at events.
 Tools may optimize code to only compute piecewise constant variables at events.