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: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:04:09 +0200

Severity: wishlist

Evaluate this:

   (prog1 (defconst foo "bar" "help") (describe-variable 'foo))

How about adding a note to the help page of variables declared with
defconst saying that they are constants, or something to that effect?
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