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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 470082d: List lengths are always fixnums now
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 470082d: List lengths are always fixnums now |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:09:57 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
> + /* This check is typically optimized away, as a runtime
> + check is needed only on weird platforms where a count of
> + distinct conses might not fit. */
What would such a platform look like?
I guess a CrayI-style platform where `sizeof (void*) == 1` and hence
`sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons)` can be 2?
Are there less hypothetical cases we could mention in the comment?
Stefan
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