Re: [Emacs-diffs] feature/byte-switch 7c2d493: src/bytecode.c: Add optional sanity check for jump tables.

[Vibhav Pant]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Stefan Monnier
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>> +            /* Hash tables for switch are declared with :size set to the
>> +               exact number of cases.  */
>> +            if (BYTE_CODE_SAFE)
>> +              eassert (HASH_TABLE_SIZE (h) == h->count);
>
> Why should we force this constraint on the code that generates the
> hash-tables.  I think this is wrong.

Also, the rationale for putting a constraint on the :size of the hash
table was that it would save pure storage if the function (and thus
the jump table in the constant vector) was purecopied.

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Vibhav Pant
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