* Modifying literal lists in Emacs lisp?
@ 2014-06-13 10:14 Nicolas Petton
2014-06-13 16:01 ` Drew Adams
2014-06-13 20:13 ` Nicolas Richard
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From: Nicolas Petton @ 2014-06-13 10:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,
In Common Lisp one should not modify literal lists because of possible
shared conses.
I was wondering if it is the same in Emacs Lisp, but I couldn't find
anything in the documentattion.
Cheers,
Nico
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@ 2014-06-13 15:57 ` Barry Margolin
2014-06-13 18:59 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Barry Margolin @ 2014-06-13 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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In article <mailman.3583.1402673918.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Nicolas Petton <petton.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Common Lisp one should not modify literal lists because of possible
> shared conses.
>
> I was wondering if it is the same in Emacs Lisp, but I couldn't find
> anything in the documentattion.
Yes, you should not do it for the exact same reason. There have been
many threads in the Emacs newsgroups about the failures that result.
I don't know if it's documented (I've been searching and can't find it
either), but it works essentially the same way as in CL.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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@ 2014-06-13 18:59 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2014-06-13 18:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> I was wondering if it is the same in Emacs Lisp, but I couldn't find
> anything in the documentattion.
Not only that, but I recommend to avoid modifying conses in general.
Stefan
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