Re: Using glib's g_file_monitor_file and g_file_monitor_directory

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:45:30 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> * The XIL ((EMACS_INT) monitor) trick doesn't work in
>   general, since the monitor address could look like a
>   tagged Emacs object and the garbage collector could
>   go kaflooey on it.

You mean, if the monitor address is something other than a pointer?
Or do you mean that the alignment of that pointer might be not enough
to ensure that all the tag bits are zero?

>   Instead, perhaps use make_save_pointer,
>   as it's designed for this sort of thing.

AFAIR at the time Stefan didn't like this alternative (or any other,
for that matter).