GNU bug report logs - #40671
[DOC] modify literal objects

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Reported by: Kevin Vigouroux <ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net>

Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:40:07 +0300

On 25.04.2020 05:21, Paul Eggert wrote:
> That depends on what other programming languages we're talking about. The
> current use of 'constant' in the manual corresponds reasonably closely to
> 'const' objects in C and C++.

Since we're talking about non-scalar values, do you mean constant 
pointers to (generally) mutable objects? Or a constant aggregate of 
mutable objects?

When a value is constant in C or C++, you can't change it.
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