Re: Working with constansts

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.6988.1242036217.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> wrote:

> () Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
> () Sun, 10 May 2009 18:20:54 +0200
> 
>    Why is it called a constant if its not enforced?
> 
> Who calls it constant?  Does Emacs call it constant?

>From C-h f defconst: "Define symbol as a constant variable."

Of course, "constant variable" is a notorious oxymoron.

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