Re: Bogus byte-compiler warnings

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     > The reason there is a warning for foo-1 is that the code in the
>     > compiler to avoid such warnings recognizes only the simpler case (such
>     > as foo-2) and not the more complex case that foo-1 is.
>     >
>     > I would not mind if that code were made smarter.
>
>     How bout this patch?
>
> I think it would be better to save this for after the release.
> Changes in this code are somewhat risky, and even if you have
> been rather careful, you could easily break something.

I had already checked it into CVS (since you put it in FOR-RELEASE, I
assumed you wanted it fixed).  But I agree that now is not the time
for such changes, so I've reverted the change.