Re: [Emacs-diffs] master b7f83ad: Prefer memset to repeatedly assigning Qnil

[Paul Eggert]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Can you try and bring most of those cases together in a .h file (presumably
> lisp.h)?  I suggest to rename memsetnil to memset_zero_and_nil and to
> use it at those places where we set to nil as well as those places where
> we set a mix of Lisp_Objects and other fields to zeros and nils.

Sure, I gave that a shot in commit 74244d239e9093035c369721b469529a5fdaf1c6. 
This uses the name 'memclear', though, as 'memset_zero_and_nil' was so long that 
it made indenting a pain.  There are now just two places that directly assume 
Qnil is zero, and both are marked with 'verify (NIL_IS_ZERO)'.