Subject: bug#18438: 24.4.50; assertion failed in bidi.c

From: Ivan Shmakov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:35:01 +0000

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
>>>>> From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>

 >> IOW, these all exhibit the same bug, just in different places in the
 >> Emacs sources.

 > One possible cause that can explain all of these is that the CPU
 > flags are reset between the comparison instruction and the following
 > jump instruction.  For example, if the Zero flag is reset, then a
 > test for a NULL pointer will misbehave.

 > Can anyone think of a scenario where this could happen?

	For me, it’s much easier to imagine a misbehaving compiler here.
	Is there a chance of getting a disassembly at the points of
	interest?

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