From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Working with constansts
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:31:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-7299C6.21315811052009@mara100-84.onlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.6988.1242036217.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.6988.1242036217.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> wrote:
> () Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
> () Sun, 10 May 2009 18:20:54 +0200
>
> Why is it called a constant if its not enforced?
>
> Who calls it constant? Does Emacs call it constant?
From C-h f defconst: "Define symbol as a constant variable."
Of course, "constant variable" is a notorious oxymoron.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-10 15:25 Working with constansts Decebal
2009-05-10 16:19 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-10 16:20 ` Richard Riley
2009-05-10 16:33 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-12 10:34 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2009-05-10 17:02 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-10 17:28 ` Richard Riley
2009-05-11 7:39 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.6953.1241976532.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-10 18:17 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-11 1:36 ` Richard Riley
2009-05-11 6:29 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-12 10:06 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.7056.1242122790.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-12 11:54 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-18 10:55 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <7ceiuuczad.fsf@pbourguignon.informatimago.com>
[not found] ` <mailman.7379.1242644154.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-18 12:20 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-18 19:19 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2009-05-10 18:59 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-11 1:38 ` Richard Riley
2009-05-12 9:44 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.7052.1242121473.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-12 11:43 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-13 4:59 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-13 13:41 ` Ralf Wachinger
2009-05-13 21:23 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-11 9:58 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
[not found] ` <mailman.6988.1242036217.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-12 1:31 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2009-05-11 8:27 ` Decebal
2009-05-12 9:46 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2009-05-10 16:31 ` Drew Adams
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