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Documentation for copy-sequence

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To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64960: closed (Documentation for copy-sequence)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:57:02 +0000

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From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Documentation for copy-sequence
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 16:42:28 +0000

Have been reading the documentation for "copy-sequence".  The description,
specifically

"The elements of a list, vector or record are not copied; they are
shared with the original."

is not very clear about what it does and what one gets.

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copy-sequence is a built-in function in ‘C source code’.

(copy-sequence ARG)

Type: (function (sequence) sequence)

Return a copy of a list, vector, string, char-table or record.
The elements of a list, vector or record are not copied; they are
shared with the original.

If the original sequence is empty, this function may return
the same empty object instead of its copy.

This function does not change global state, including the match data.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 64960-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:55:53 -0700

Version: 29.2

uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me> writes:

> Is it not customary to include any cross references to the relevant parts
> of the manual.  The help using 'C-h f' would benefit if there could be
> some links that get you to the relevant part of the manual directly.

Such a cross-reference was added in commit a8c8a4e3680d, so I'm closing
this bug.

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