Re: possible bug

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> Umm, I wouldn't classify this as a bug. The bounds checking tool
> simply doesn't analyze the code deeply enough (no offense
> intended, this is a tough problem). The lastfree pointer is never
> used if the loop exits, because the table is rehashed in turn. So
> this never causes any problems in reality.
> 
> I don't think this is an ANSI C violation either, because the
> (now) invalid pointer is never used in a subsequent comparison.

Yes, this is not a bug at all. I forgot that the decremented value
was not being used.

-- Roberto