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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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 11:43:39 +0200

17 maj 2020 kl. 02.11 skrev Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>:

> 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.

Thank you, and your resulting patch looks all right. As an extra check, I verified that the AWK-generated files result in the same tables.

The follow-up change reducing string and vector literal mutation also looks fine. Just out of curiosity, how did you locate those instances? By searching for calls to mutating functions or with an instrumented Emacs?
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