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master 6cc3582: Correct 'concat' manual entry (bug#42296)
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Mattias Engdegård |
Subject: |
master 6cc3582: Correct 'concat' manual entry (bug#42296) |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Jul 2020 09:13:49 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 6cc35829e4772479abed1f46f0c51daa24d070e0
Author: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
Commit: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
Correct 'concat' manual entry (bug#42296)
* doc/lispref/strings.texi (Creating Strings): 'concat' does not
necessarily return a newly allocated string. This has been the case
at least since 1997 (Emacs 20.3).
---
doc/lispref/strings.texi | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
index 2ef88b9..8de6255 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ properties removed.
@defun concat &rest sequences
@cindex copying strings
@cindex concatenating strings
-This function returns a new string consisting of the characters in the
+This function returns a string consisting of the characters in the
arguments passed to it (along with their text properties, if any). The
arguments may be strings, lists of numbers, or vectors of numbers; they
are not themselves changed. If @code{concat} receives no arguments, it
@@ -269,9 +269,14 @@ returns an empty string.
@end example
@noindent
-This function always constructs a new string that is not @code{eq} to
-any existing string, except when the result is the empty string (to
-save space, Emacs makes only one empty multibyte string).
+This function does not always allocate a new string. Callers are
+advised not rely on the result being a new string nor on it being
+@code{eq} to an existing string.
+
+In particular, mutating the returned value may inadvertently change
+another string, alter a constant string in the program, or even raise
+an error. To obtain a string that you can safely mutate, use
+@code{copy-sequence} on the result.
For information about other concatenation functions, see the
description of @code{mapconcat} in @ref{Mapping Functions},
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