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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>, "Mattias Engdegård" <mattiase@acm.org>
Cc: 42296@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42296: 27.0.91; Correct manual entry for 'concat' w.r.t. allocation [PATCH]
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 09:17:30 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01440768-3233-4406-831f-f7143471b600@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83k0zanqsr.fsf@gnu.org>

> >  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 can be mutated, use @code{copy-sequence} on
> the result.
> 
> Fine with me, with one correction: last sentence will sound better if
> reworded like this:
> 
>   To obtain a string that you can safely mutate, use
>   @code{copy-sequence} on the result.

FTR, I think that the doc of `concat' should really
make clear that it (now, and apparently for a while
now) has this odd (yes) behavior of not guaranteeing
a new string.  Not sure why we made this change, but
I imagine it was in a zeal to optimize.

At a minimum, please make this very clear, and say
explicitly that to ensure that you get a new string
you can use `copy-sequence' (as you've mentioned),
and that you can alternatively use `seq-concatenate':

 (seq-concatenate 'string &rest SEQUENCES)





  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-11 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-09 15:54 bug#42296: 27.0.91; Correct manual entry for 'concat' w.r.t. allocation [PATCH] Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-09 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-09 17:56   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-09 18:51     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-09 19:17       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-09 19:24         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-10 17:04           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-10 18:08             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-11 11:15               ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-11 11:52                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-11 12:51                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-11 13:07                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-11 13:16                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-11 13:37                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-11 13:47                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-07-11 16:17                       ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-07-12  3:03                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-07-09 19:20       ` Eli Zaretskii

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