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Re: Strange incf behavior in Emacs 22. Intentional?


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Strange incf behavior in Emacs 22. Intentional?
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:51:56 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux)

> A quoted list is evaluated to a cons cell at _compile_ time.

Actually, it's done at "read" time (aka "load" time).  I.e. when you load
the .el or .elc file, or when you hit C-x C-e on the (defun ...).

> The contents of this cons cell can be changed with setcar (or, in this
> case, incf).

And I consider this as a bug, actually, but a known one that's a bit
difficult to fix satisfactorily.


        Stefan


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