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

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: Kevin Vigouroux <ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net>, 40671-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 06:03:59 +0300

On 19.04.2020 00:54, Drew Adams wrote:
> It's about code that always creates new list
> structure, versus code that might create new
> list structure only sometimes (e.g. the first
> time it's encountered).

Could we call them "interned values"? Like "interned strings" in some 
programming languages. And then say "don't try to modify them please".

The "sometimes" aspect is a semantic snag, but it's certainly better 
than calling them constant.

"literal values" is also an option, but that definition seems limiting.
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