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

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Package: emacs;

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: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net
Subject: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:00:37 +0200

On Apr 24 2020, Paul Eggert wrote:

> diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
> index 1eda94ab63..b4e9ff4411 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
> @@ -2401,8 +2401,8 @@ Constants and Mutability
>  call @code{(make-string 3 ?a)} yields a mutable string that can be
>  changed via later calls to @code{aset}.
>  
> -  A mutable object can become constant if it is passed to the
> -@code{eval} function, because a program should not modify an object
> +  A mutable object can become constant if it is part of an expression
> +that is evaluated, because a program should not modify an object
>  that is being evaluated.  The reverse does not occur: constant objects

"that is evaluated ... that is being evaluated" is saying the same thing
twice.

Andreas.

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