bug#23640: 25.1.50; Getting rid of compiler warnings

[Richard Stallman]

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  > That would set ident_start to zero even when GCC warnings are disabled, 
which 
  > would be a bit slower since ident_start does not need to be initialized. 

I guess so -- but is it a noticeable slowdown?  A priori, I doubt it.

If it is not significant, why worry about it?
Better to write the code in the clean way.

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