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mips.h obsolete macros

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 1252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1252: mips.h obsolete macros
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:23:49 +0200

"Richard M. Stallman" <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> m/mips.h has macro definitions for XUINT and XSET that seem to be
> obsolete.  They are designed for tags in the high bits, not the low
> bits.
>
> They don't actually cause a problem with USE_LSB_TAG because lisp.h
> overrides them; they would be used if you undefine USE_LSB_TAG.
> So it is not exactly a bug, but it is confusing for a m/*.h file
> to define something unconditionally which should only be used
> if USE_LSB_TAG is not defined.

m/mips.h no longer exists, so I'm closing this bug report.

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