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bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 23:38:08 -0400 |
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> That is an interesting point. What is the difference between
> CANNOT and SHOULD NOT, operationally? To the user, nothing; there
> is no gain from disobeying our advice.
It makes a big practical difference to programmers.
CANNOT means "If you try to chsnge it, it won't change",
and probably also "That will trigger a diagnostic."
SHOULOD NOT means "if you try to chsnge it, it will give you no
diagnostic and the value will seem to have changed, but afterward
bizarre things may happen."
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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