From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: mattiase@acm.org, 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 23:03:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1juSH5-0003Xc-Le@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83k0zanqsr.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 11 Jul 2020 16:07:32 +0300)
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> > 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.
Yes, it is almost always better to switch to active voice
and state the subject.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-12 3:03 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
2020-07-12 3:03 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2020-07-09 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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