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[DOC] modify literal objects

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Message #384 received at 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net
Subject: Re: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 16:10:49 -0700

On 5/3/20 3:53 PM, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 04.05.2020 01:39, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> A fair number of objects fit that category. (The objects that don't
>> are typically garbage collected.  So that term doesn't describe what
>> we want clearly and accurately; plus, it's pretty long....
> 
> Example, please.

The term you used was "Objects referenced from executable code". But that term
includes pretty much every object used in Elisp, at least until the object
becomes unreachable and is garbage-collected.

The concept you were describing is not that general: it's limited to objects
that are part of an expressions that are evaluated. So a better term would be
something like "Objects that are part of expressions that are evaluated" - but
this term is way too long; plus it doesn't accurately describe all the
problematic objects, as there are other reasons that some objects should not be
modified.

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