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[DOC] modify literal objects

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 23:10:21 -0700

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On 5/5/20 5:38 AM, Dmitry Gutov wrote:

> In any case, none of my objections here are strong ones. How about you take the
> proposed patch and update it as you see fit? As long as "constant values" don't
> make a comeback, I'm good.

OK, attached is a draft patch to emacs-27. Although it doesn't go as far as your
patch, it does keep some of it, and in particular it gets rid of the
introduction of the term "constant" to describe objects that should not be
changed. It also omits the "Dangerous" that Drew objected to, and gives an
example of a term that was formerly mutable but is now something that you should
not change.

[0001-Don-t-use-constant-for-values-you-shouldn-t-change.txt (text/plain, attachment)]

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