From 49bc5a63f7d6178f136d9e28bcacda3acfc375d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:19:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak mutability doc a bit more Inspired by a comment from Michael Heerdegen (Bug#40671#114). * doc/lispref/objects.texi (Constants and Mutability): Tweak further. --- doc/lispref/objects.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi index 1eda94ab63..b4e9ff4411 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi @@ -2401,8 +2401,8 @@ Constants and Mutability call @code{(make-string 3 ?a)} yields a mutable string that can be changed via later calls to @code{aset}. - A mutable object can become constant if it is passed to the -@code{eval} function, because a program should not modify an object + A mutable object can become constant if it is part of an expression +that is evaluated, because a program should not modify an object that is being evaluated. The reverse does not occur: constant objects should stay constant. -- 2.17.1