[debbugs-tracker] bug#29804: closed (27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer)

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> 27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer
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> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:58:22 -0800 (PST)
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> I don't understand this item at all.  It seems to be the wording that is
> a problem, starting with the second line.
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> ** Emacs now normally uses a pointer type instead of an integer type
> for the fundamental word in the Emacs Lisp interpreter, to help
> catch typos and support -fcheck-pointer-bounds.  The 'configure'
> option --enable-check-lisp-object-type is therefore no longer as
> useful and so is no longer enabled by default in developer builds,
> to reduce differences between developer and production builds.
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> In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
>  of 2017-12-21
> Repository revision: b1cf262a79463f28164ea1c2ffee3c657ce02ea4
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>  --without-compress-install -C 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3'
>  host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32 PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig'
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: 27.0; Unclear NEWS item: pointer instead of integer Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 09:48:59 +0000 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.0 Thanks, I installed the attached, which I hope is clear enough now, and am boldly closing the bug report.

0001-etc-NEWS-Improve-fcheck-pointer-bounds-wording.patch
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