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Subject: Re: defconst in life.el
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> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
>  
>  ;;; Code:
>  
> -(defconst life-patterns
> +(defvar life-patterns
>    [("@@@" " @@" "@@@")
>     ("@@@ @@@" "@@  @@ " "@@@ @@@")
>     ("@@@ @@@" "@@   @@" "@@@ @@@")

This looks wrong.  The variable is indeed treated like a constant,
as far as I can tell.


        Stefan