From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#64960: Documentation for copy-sequence Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:35:46 +0000 Message-ID: References: <877cqgwt4q.fsf@web.de> <87fs53bek7.fsf@web.de> <87bkfbr2hz.fsf@web.de> <87v8dhp4pu.fsf@web.de> <87v8dfsx5y.fsf@web.de> Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25804"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 64960@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 16 06:37:19 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8HW-0006WH-Ke for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 06:37:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8HJ-00046s-1z; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:37:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8HG-00046a-DC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8HG-0000Zn-4Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8HF-0006U3-NT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:37:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: uzibalqa Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 64960 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 64960-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B64960.169216057124845 (code B ref 64960); Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 64960) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Aug 2023 04:36:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38553 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8GQ-0006Se-Vq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:36:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40138.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.138]:55665) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qW8GM-0006S2-Cy for 64960@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:36:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=w2ldg57epbhbzcwfqguwayxaei.protonmail; t=1692160559; x=1692419759; bh=fUN3uATvN6eNm6pMgggFnLpSIDC6F/GxjcFuJ6xmYeg=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=OQvEpOlp9IU9cRL3luj4nvweU4NgutiIm1cO/8xlpb33GsPmbPLOYrhR0hHB2NqP9 R2gkjqa8ECtd4HcPrAgHinbm99dsOowRXhY9beCI6vv1Bs0DyJuYX4teh0XRUR3YWU QWeazwpbXAF6Nxo1hmeCyebUx8dgWeKIngqgR8uYpwhD+VaIyXgWb85wePpB3vJps/ c3n+XiHZrOsNOr4M2BrM7Mv8Z7ALm96eFtn0DWph3Xiu3ch8vwpJm6qXPZdcDQT/39 t9hzYBpPAd1T8zdj/IofyFL8rGPWGKByVvbJ4v37r4tV2Ps7GlKcaUpoxNpbcX0giy GjQysNtFN+m8A== In-Reply-To: <87v8dfsx5y.fsf@web.de> Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:267549 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at 11:28 AM, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text > editors" bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org writes: >=20 > > "The elements of a list, vector or record are not copied; they are > > shared with the original." > >=20 > > Adding additional wording that it means that not everything is > > actually copied. > > Some aspects are actually reference values. Meaning that if you change = the > > copied sequence, you could inadvertently change the original sequence. >=20 >=20 > That's the normal behavior in a Lisp, so this belongs into the manual. > After reading (info "(elisp) Sequence Functions") (where this function > is introduced) I think, as far as I understand, that that page tries to > explain this aspect you mention thoroughly. - Michael. Is it not customary to include any cross references to the relevant parts of the manual. The help using 'C-h f' would benefit if there could be some links that get you to the relevant part of the manual directly.