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Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     I guess not, now that it's a runtime option.  What was the intention
>     of that configure option?
>
> I don't see a need for a build-time option if we have a run-time option.

Indeed.  What I meant, was to ask why exactly that option was added
originally, e.g. was it for build errors or crashes under some
circumstance?