GNU bug report logs - #9990
valgrind warning in add_row_entry

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 14:31:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 9990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9990: valgrind warning in add_row_entry
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:49:46 +0200

> From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 9990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:21:56 -0500
> 
> BTW, why is the hash only using 28 bits instead of the full 32?  Won't
> it get a bit more precision if using 32?

I don't know.  I suspect this is simply history inherited from a
similar (but not identical -- why?) code in line_hash_code, which also
uses 28 bits.

Richard, do you remember by chance why only 28 bits are used?
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