* buffer.c (unchain_overlay): Simplify. Add comment.

* marker.c (unchain_marker): Simplify.  Fix comments.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/src/marker.c b/src/marker.c
index 3b0adc7de8d..0a1dd41b498 100644
--- a/src/marker.c
+++ b/src/marker.c
@@ -672,59 +672,47 @@ set_marker_restricted_both (Lisp_Object marker, Lisp_Object buffer, ptrdiff_t ch
   return marker;
 }
 
-/* Remove MARKER from the chain of whatever buffer it is in.
-   Leave it "in no buffer".
-
-   This is called during garbage collection,
-   so we must be careful to ignore and preserve mark bits,
-   including those in chain fields of markers.  */
+/* Remove MARKER from the chain of whatever buffer it is in,
+   leaving it points to nowhere.  This is called during garbage
+   collection, so we must be careful to ignore and preserve
+   mark bits, including those in chain fields of markers.  */
 
 void
 unchain_marker (register struct Lisp_Marker *marker)
 {
-  register struct Lisp_Marker *tail, *prev, *next;
-  register struct buffer *b;
-
-  b = marker->buffer;
-  if (b == 0)
-    return;
-
-  if (EQ (BVAR (b, name), Qnil))
-    abort ();
+  register struct buffer *b = marker->buffer;
 
-  marker->buffer = 0;
-
-  tail = BUF_MARKERS (b);
-  prev = NULL;
-  while (tail)
+  if (b)
     {
-      next = tail->next;
-
-      if (marker == tail)
-        {
-          if (!prev)
-            {
-              BUF_MARKERS (b) = next;
-              /* Deleting first marker from the buffer's chain.  Crash
-                 if new first marker in chain does not say it belongs
-                 to the same buffer, or at least that they have the same
-                 base buffer.  */
-              if (next && b->text != next->buffer->text)
-                abort ();
-            }
-          else
-            prev->next = next;
-          /* We have removed the marker from the chain;
-             no need to scan the rest of the chain.  */
-          return;
-        }
-      else
-        prev = tail;
-      tail = next;
+      register struct Lisp_Marker *tail, **prev;
+
+      /* No dead buffers here.  */
+      eassert (!NILP (BVAR (b, name)));
+
+      marker->buffer = NULL;
+      prev = &BUF_MARKERS (b);
+
+      for (tail = BUF_MARKERS (b); tail; prev = &tail->next, tail = *prev)
+        if (marker == tail)
+          {
+            if (*prev == BUF_MARKERS (b))
+              {
+                /* Deleting first marker from the buffer's chain.  Crash 
+                   if new first marker in chain does not say it belongs
+                   to the same buffer, or at least that they have the same
+                   base buffer.  */
+                if (tail->next && b->text != tail->next->buffer->text)
+                  abort ();
+              }
+            *prev = tail->next;
+            /* We have removed the marker from the chain;
+               no need to scan the rest of the chain.  */
+            break;
+          }
+
+      /* Error if marker was not in it's chain.  */
+      eassert (tail != NULL);
     }
-
-  /* Marker was not in its chain.  */
-  abort ();
 }
 
 /* Return the char position of marker MARKER, as a C integer.  */