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bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:45:41 -0700 (PDT) |
> > 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).
Yes. It's good to explicitly say that we're talking
about changing a symbol's value here, and not just
changing a symbol. The notion of "changing" a symbol
can mean different things to different readers.
Consider (put nil 'toto 42) or (put :foo 'toto 42).
Did we change the symbol nil or :foo, both of which
are self-evaluating? For some meaning of "change",
we did - we changed its property list.
The message should be just that you can't change the
`symbol-value' of a self-evaluating symbol/variable.
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, (continued)
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Paul Eggert, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Drew Adams, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Paul Eggert, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Michael Heerdegen, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Paul Eggert, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Michael Heerdegen, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Paul Eggert, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Michael Heerdegen, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Paul Eggert, 2020/04/19
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/04/20
- bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist,
Drew Adams <=