Re: On removing sequence_number from window structure

[Dmitry Antipov]

On 02/02/2013 12:50 PM, martin rudalics wrote:

> I'm afraid this change
>
>    * window.h (struct window): ...
>    Remove sequence_number member. ...
>    * window.c (sequence_number): Remove.
>    * print.c (print_object): Follow the printed representation of
>    frames and print window pointer to distinguish between windows.
>
> will make debugging window code rather unpleasant.  It's much simpler to
> think of windows in terms of sequence numbers than in terms of pointers.

Why? The only reason I can imagine is age tracking (e.g. the window with
smaller sequence number is always created before the window with the larger
one); is that so important? Are there other reasons?

Dmitry