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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h
index 3dd1c2555c..18483fca35 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* %CopyrightBegin%
*
- * Copyright Ericsson AB 2000-2017. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2000-2018. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ _ET_DECLARE_CHECKED(Uint,thing_subtag,Eterm)
*
* To help find code which makes unwarranted assumptions about zero,
* we now use a non-zero bit-pattern in debug mode.
+ *
+ * In order to be able to differentiata against values, the non-value
+ * needs to be tagged as a header of some sort.
*/
#if ET_DEBUG
# ifdef HIPE
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ _ET_DECLARE_CHECKED(Uint,thing_subtag,Eterm)
# define THE_NON_VALUE _make_header(0,_TAG_HEADER_FLOAT)
# endif
#else
-#define THE_NON_VALUE (0)
+#define THE_NON_VALUE (TAG_PRIMARY_HEADER)
#endif
#define is_non_value(x) ((x) == THE_NON_VALUE)
#define is_value(x) ((x) != THE_NON_VALUE)