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bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence
From: |
Michael Heerdegen |
Subject: |
bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 01:28:25 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
> "The elements of a list, vector or record are not copied; they are
> shared with the original."
>
> Adding additional wording that it means that not everything is
> actually copied.
> Some aspects are actually reference values. Meaning that if you change the
> copied sequence, you could inadvertently change the original sequence.
That's the normal behavior in a Lisp, so this belongs into the manual.
After reading (info "(elisp) Sequence Functions") (where this function
is introduced) I think, as far as I understand, that that page tries to
explain this aspect you mention thoroughly.
Michael.