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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: rms <at> gnu.org, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 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 11:26:05 -0700

On 4/24/20 8:38 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:

> SHOULOD NOT means "if you try to change it, it will give you no
> diagnostic and the value will seem to have changed, but afterward
> bizarre things may happen."

Here SHOULD NOT simply means "if you try to change it, afterward bizarre things
may happen". This includes the meaning you gave, and also includes some other
meanings.
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