Re: Bignum speedup patch causes crash at startup

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

Paul> Andy Moreton wrote:
>> Tom added support in commit fb26c9fd69 ("Make purecopy work for
>> bignums"), so if that causes problems then it may need to be revisited.

Paul> That code is never used and it wouldn't hurt to remove it as per the
Paul> attached. I'll CC: Tom to see if he has an opinion.

I added it because someone (Andy I think but this illness is affecting
my memory somewhat) asked for it.  It seemed not impossible for
something to try to dump a bignum.  But, if it isn't needed, then IMO
that's fine.

Tom