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Re: Which Elisp types are mutable?
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Philipp |
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Re: Which Elisp types are mutable? |
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Mon, 5 Jul 2021 20:40:01 +0200 |
> Am 05.06.2021 um 16:25 schrieb Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU
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>> "You must not mutate them" is the definition of immutable.
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> Not necessarily: where I come from "immutable" means that the object
> cannot and will not be mutated.
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Then there are no immutable objects, because all objects are stored in mutable
memory. It's just that mutating some of them is a bit harder than others. So
this definition of "immutable" isn't very useful.
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