Scott McPeak <smcpeak@coverity.com> writes:

>> I've attached my patch for these.  It's a bit simpler than yours, and
>> also avoids needing copyright assignment from you.  Can you take a look,
>> see if you notice any disadvantages compared with your version, and if
>> possible try it out?
>
> Except for the modifications to 'scm_std_select', the two patches are
> nearly equivalent.

Hi Scott,

First, I'm sorry for leaving this hanging for so long.  I'd like to
finalise this, first for 1.8.x and then for master, and the patch that I
now propose for 1.8.x is attached.