GNU bug report logs - #25166
It shouldn't be possible to set the function cell of t

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, 25166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25166: 26.0.50; It shouldn't be possible to set the function cell of nil and t
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:49:04 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, rgm <at> gnu.org,
>         25166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:15:29 -0500
> 
> > It was reverted in 32e5c58ca969ec30d31520da52c9866cafa62927.  Perhaps
> > Stefan could tell why he did that (the log message doesn't say).
> 
> Because there doesn't seem to be any good reason to single out nil and
> t in this respect and because those things aren't terribly dangerous.

So therefore we shouldn't reinstate that now.
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