diff src/alloc.c @ 20768:6ebcbdec2e07

Comment change.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sun, 25 Jan 1998 07:20:49 +0000
parents ed9ed828415e
children 3b2f72ed135c
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--- a/src/alloc.c	Sun Jan 25 01:57:08 1998 +0000
+++ b/src/alloc.c	Sun Jan 25 07:20:49 1998 +0000
@@ -2006,6 +2006,9 @@
 	mark_object (&ptr->plist);
 	XSETTYPE (*(Lisp_Object *) &ptr->name, Lisp_String);
 	mark_object (&ptr->name);
+	/* Note that we do not mark the obarray of the symbol.
+	   It is safe not to do so because nothing accesses that
+	   slot except to check whether it is nil.  */
 	ptr = ptr->next;
 	if (ptr)
 	  {