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bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Jul 2023 01:13:41 +0000 |
> > 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.
Yes and no.
Chars are not shared, but char properties are.
(setq foo (propertize "abcd" 'p1 t 'p2 42))
;; -> #("abcd" 0 4 (p2 42 p1 t))
(setq bar (copy-sequence foo))
;; -> #("abcd" 0 4 (p1 t p2 42))
(aset foo 1 ?W) ; -> ?W, aka 87
foo ; -> #("aWcd" 0 4 (p2 42 p1 t))
bar ; -> #("abcd" 0 4 (p1 t p2 42))
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Drew Adams <=
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