Re: Your changes in revision 106240

[Stefan Monnier]

>> what possible harm can be done by using an int here?
> On a typical 64-bit host, using 'int' breaks a GDB command like
> "xwhichsymbols Qnil 4294967297", by causing xwhichsymbols
> to silently treat the 4294967297 as if it were 1.

But this has nothing to do with EMACS_INT.  It's at best a misfeature in
the GDB->C interfacing that doesn't warn of such rounding, tho one might
argue that they are intentional and that a programmer should expect them.

In any case, this arg is *never* going to be that large.


        Stefan