Document setter for mutable attributes#6198
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In particular, add an example that shows the differences. (I do not like it at all that setters of mutable attributes replace stored values, but I think it is too late to change this behaviour.)
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In particular, add an example that shows the differences. (I do not like it at all that setters of mutable attributes replace stored values, but I think it is too late to change this behaviour.)
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In particular, add an example that shows the differences.
(I do not like it at all that setters of mutable attributes replace stored values,
but I think it is too late to change this behaviour.)
This pull request is motivated by the discussion in gap-packages/recog/issues/356.