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RE: emacs-27 eebfb72 1/2: Document constant vs mutable objects better


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: emacs-27 eebfb72 1/2: Document constant vs mutable objects better
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:57:08 -0700 (PDT)

> "mutable" and "safely mutable"/"mutating it is
> a good idea" should be distinguished.

Exactly.

> Similarly here. There are languages, Lisps even, that distinguish
> mutable and immutable strings/conses. In such languages, trying to
> mutate an immutable data structure leads to an error being signalled.
> Conflating "mutable" with "safely mutable" is IMO bound to induce
> confusion.

Ditto.



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