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author | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> | 2016-10-04 06:51:26 -0700 |
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committer | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> | 2016-10-04 06:51:26 -0700 |
commit | 41a92aabe6720cc9b795c268bcc74a3e6d34cf46 (patch) | |
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parent | 0a2ebee567eddb89879cb3b6fcb371f6d6404cb6 (diff) | |
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doc: ranges are immutable.
* txr.1: document that ranges are immutable
and expand the surrounding wording a bit.
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@@ -18202,10 +18202,13 @@ excess value which surpasses the endpoint is excluded from the sequence. Ranges are a objects which each aggregate two values, not unlike .code cons cells. However, they are atoms, and are primarily intended to hold numeric or -character values. The two values of a range are called +character values in their two fields. These fields are called .code from and -.codn to . +.code to +which are the names of the functions which access them. These fields +are not mutable; a new value cannot be stored into either field of +a range. The printed notation for a range object consists of the prefix .code #R |