GNU bug report logs - #40693
28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 03:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 40693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>, 40693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:29:40 +0200

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> +types include conses, vectors, strings, and symbols.  For example, the string
>  literal @code{"aaa"} yields a constant string, whereas the function
>  call @code{(make-string 3 ?a)} yields a mutable string that can be
>  changed via later calls to @code{aset}.

> -  A program should not attempt to modify a constant because the
> +  Modifying a constant symbol signals an error (@pxref{Constant Variables}).
> +A program should not attempt to modify other types of constants because the

Do you speak about symbols or the binding of symbols here?

Michael.
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