GNU bug report logs - #64960
Documentation for copy-sequence

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>

Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 16:43:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 29.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 64960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:15:11 +0300

On 30/07/2023 23:09, uzibalqa wrote:
> It is not evident what the meaning of "shared" means ?  If I use a string,
> I get an exact copy and when I change a single character the newlist is
> changed,  the original string remains the same.  So what is shared exactly ?

A string doesn't share anything because characters are not reference 
values. They are simply copied.
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