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24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete'

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, cyd <at> gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#12314: 24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete'
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:01:01 -0400

>> See my other message: I think we are talking about 2 different
>> things.  My gripe was only about using the term "destructive
>> modification", which muddies the waters without gaining anything.
> I don't know, to me "destructive modification" sounds like a very clear
> term explaining the general kind of danger we're up against (the kind
> that's summarized in Scheme by adding a "!" at the end of the
> identifier).

This said, we could use some other "equivalent" term, such as "side
effect", "imperative", "impure", ...


        Stefan

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