Re: master 2c8b09b06e7: Fix crash on Windows 9X

[Stefan Monnier]

> --- a/src/emacs.c
> +++ b/src/emacs.c
> @@ -1924,6 +1924,12 @@ Using an Emacs configured with --with-x-toolkit=lucid 
> does not have this problem
>        Vcoding_system_hash_table.  */
>        syms_of_coding ();     /* This should be after syms_of_fileio.  */
>        init_frame_once ();       /* Before init_window_once.  */
> +      /* init_window_once calls make_initial_frame, which calls
> +      Fcurrent_time and bset_display_time, both of which allocate
> +      bignums.  Without the following call to init_bignums, crashes
> +      happen on Windows 9X after dumping when GC tries to free a
> +      pointer allocated on the system heap.  */
> +      init_bignum ();
>        init_window_once ();   /* Init the window system.  */
>  #ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM
>        init_fringe_once ();   /* Swap bitmaps if necessary.  */

I feel like I'm missing something: this adds a call to `init_bignum`
whereas I expected the patch to *move* the call.
Was this call simply missing?


        Stefan