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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus@gmail.com>, 40693@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:32:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <769bd2ed-5844-86b1-e822-a91609130664@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sggzatpx.fsf@web.de>

On 4/19/20 5:25 PM, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> This can be confused with variables declared with `defconst' - these are
> declared constants but it is possible to change their bindings.  You are
> speaking about self-evaluating symbols like nil and t, right?

Yes, and this includes symbols that start with : in the initial obarray (though 
there's a weird exception for (set :foo :foo)).

How about if we change "Modifying a constant symbol signals an error..." to 
"Changing a self-evaluating symbol's value signals an error..."?





  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-20  0:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-18  2:59 bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist Ivan Andrus
2020-04-18 17:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-18 21:00   ` Ivan Andrus
2020-04-18 23:13   ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-19  0:10     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-19  0:29       ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-19  0:33     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-04-19  0:34   ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-04-29 10:11     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-04-29 10:30       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 12:08         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-29 12:21           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 14:28             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-29 14:40               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 15:02                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-29 15:07                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 14:41             ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-18  1:24               ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-18 14:27                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-18 22:50                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18 23:50                 ` João Távora
2020-05-21 21:14                   ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-21 22:16                     ` João Távora
2020-05-22 14:54                       ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-22 20:14                         ` João Távora
2020-05-23 16:13                           ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-23 19:40                             ` João Távora
2020-05-23 22:41                               ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-23 22:45                                 ` João Távora
2020-04-19 20:35 ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-19 21:01   ` Drew Adams
2020-04-19 22:14     ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-19 22:29       ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-19 23:59         ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-20  0:25           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-20  0:32             ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2020-04-20  0:57               ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-20  2:55                 ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-20 14:56                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-20  5:45                 ` Drew Adams

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