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27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#29804: closed (Re: 27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead
 of integer)
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:50:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#29804: 27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 29804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 29804-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 09:48:59 +0000

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Thanks, I installed the attached, which I hope is clear enough now, and am 
boldly closing the bug report.

[0001-etc-NEWS-Improve-fcheck-pointer-bounds-wording.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:58:22 -0800 (PST)

I don't understand this item at all.  It seems to be the wording that is
a problem, starting with the second line.

** Emacs now normally uses a pointer type instead of an integer type
for the fundamental word in the Emacs Lisp interpreter, to help
catch typos and support -fcheck-pointer-bounds.  The 'configure'
option --enable-check-lisp-object-type is therefore no longer as
useful and so is no longer enabled by default in developer builds,
to reduce differences between developer and production builds.


In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2017-12-21
Repository revision: b1cf262a79463f28164ea1c2ffee3c657ce02ea4
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install -C 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3'
 host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32 PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig'

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