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bug#58513: describe-function should say that defconst variables are cons
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Richard Stallman |
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bug#58513: describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant |
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Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:51:57 -0400 |
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> And then, in a later Emacs version, we could start enforcing the
> constness in running code.
defconst has had a subtle meaning: "It is ok to expect, in certain
limited ways, that the value will not be altered." Nothing more.
This change may seem to be fixing a bug, but some old programs used to
take advantage of the actual old meaning. This change might break
them.
I think that would be asking for trouble, and we have better things to
do than deal with that trouble.
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- bug#58513: describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant, Stefan Monnier, 2022/10/14
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- bug#58513: describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant, Stefan Kangas, 2022/10/15
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