Re: valid_pointer_p

[Kim F. Storm]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> Can someone ``in the know'' please explain what clever idea is behind
> the function valid_pointer_p, and whether that idea is supposed to be
> portable?  

If you have some better way to do this on some platforms, please tell me.

>            This function was previously used only if !GC_MARK_STACK,
> but now its use was extended to all configurations, 

It is used specifically to validate OBJ in

   pp obj

where obj is a SUBR (i.e. built-in DEFUN).

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