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diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h
index 25d12bf16e..3a8c30fe6a 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.h
@@ -849,6 +849,11 @@ _ET_DECLARE_CHECKED(struct erl_node_*,internal_ref_node,Eterm)
*
*/
+/* XXX:PaN - this structure is not perfect for halfword heap, it takes
+ a lot of memory due to padding, and the array will not begin at the end of the
+ structure, as otherwise expected. Be sure to access data.ui32 array and not try
+ to do pointer manipulation on an Eterm * to reach the actual data... */
+
typedef struct external_thing_ {
/* ----+ */
Eterm header; /* | */