GNU bug report logs - #36649
27.0.50; pure space and pdumper

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Message #133 received at 36649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, rpluim <at> gmail.com, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 36649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#36649: 27.0.50; pure space and pdumper
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:20:25 +0200

> From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 03:00:03 +0000
> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>,
>  Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, 36649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org,
>  Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
> 
> > The convention is to put a "verify (NIL_IS_ZERO);" near the rare bits of
> > code that assume Qnil is all-bits-zero.
> 
> That would be nice, but I'm quite certain there are places in the code
> that rely on this identity without doing that...

There shouldn't be.  If you find them, please report them.

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