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

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 17:11:29 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 5/11/20 2:29 AM, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
> As an experiment, I added an immutable cons type some time ago and found these and more. The attachment contains some of the adjustments made at the time. This isn't complete; I never got to a full bootstrap, for unrelated reasons.

Thanks for sending that patch. Even if incomplete, it's better to not try to
modify constants so I installed the attached into master; it's derived from your
patch and supersedes my earlier (typo-containing) patch about nconc.

> By the way: Is there any reason you prefer `(a b c ,@tail) to (append '(a b c) tail)?

No, I just wasn't thinking. The attached patch uses 'append'.

[0001-Don-t-attempt-to-modify-constant-conses.txt (text/plain, attachment)]
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