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[DOC] modify literal objects

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From: Kevin Vigouroux <ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:28:03 +0200

Hello!

The Emacs Lisp manual often gives the impression that the user can
modify literal lists (e.g. 5.6.1 Altering List Elements with `setcar`).

LISP> (setq x '(1 2))
(1 2)
LISP> (setcar x 4)
LISP> x
(4 2)

However, it is also mentioned that one should not modify the literal
objects because of the byte compilation (c.f. 2.7 Equality Predicate).

Can we modify literal objects?

See Also:

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/45820/when-to-use-quote-for-lists-modifying-quoted-lists-in-elisp
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/57806/which-lisp-objects-are-byte-compiled

Best regards,
Kevin Vigouroux.

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