Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 470082d: List lengths are always fixnums now

[Stefan Monnier]

> +       /* This check is typically optimized away, as a runtime
> +          check is needed only on weird platforms where a count of
> +          distinct conses might not fit.  */

What would such a platform look like?
I guess a CrayI-style platform where `sizeof (void*) == 1` and hence
`sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons)` can be 2?
Are there less hypothetical cases we could mention in the comment?


        Stefan