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23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: mt_void <at> warpmail.net, johnw <at> gnu.org, mbork <at> mbork.pl, 6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6922: 23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:37:40 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> CC: mbork <at> mbork.pl, johnw <at> gnu.org, 6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> 	mt_void <at> warpmail.net
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:24:37 -0500
> 
>     > I am not sure that a read-only property on an overlay makes much sense.
>     > It is a strange thing to do.  So I will fix the documentation.
> 
> I don't remember why I wrote that.  It was 6 years ago.  My guess is
> that I considered it strange to make certain text read-only
> temporarily.  If it isn't supposed to change, it should never change,
> right?

I see your point, thanks.

What do others think?

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