GNU bug report logs - #58513
describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:05:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 58513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58513: describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:07:53 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Yes, incurring a run-time cost doesn't sound worth it, but we could
> perhaps make the byte-compiler warn about it.

Yes, that's true...

I'm bringing Stefan M into this thread; perhaps he has some opinions.
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