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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Message #30 received at 40671-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 40671-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Kevin Vigouroux <ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net>
Subject: Re: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 22:39:13 -0400

On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 17:55, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:

> An immutable list would be one you couldn't ever
> change - it would truly be a constant.  That can
> be true for the result of byte-compiling a quoted
> list.

As far as I know, byte compilation has no special effect on
mutability. Dumping does, or used to, I think that no longer happens
with the pdumper.
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