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bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:55:47 -0700
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On 4/19/20 5:57 PM, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
How about if we change "Modifying a constant symbol signals an
error..." to "Changing a self-evaluating symbol's value signals an
error..."?
Yes, better (though I would rather say "Trying to..." or "Attempting
to..." - Emacs doesn't let you do this, i.e. you get the error before
it's too late).

OK, I put it in with "Trying to". Also, I changed "self-evaluating symbol" to "Constant variable" because the latter class includes the former, and also includes a few variables like most-positive-fixnum that are not self-evaluating but still cannot be modified.

Who came up with the term "Constant variable", anyway? They must have had an odd sense of humor.





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