[issue30287] cpython and Clang Static Analyzer

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson added the comment:

> I guess return -1 instead of bits=0 will silent both gcc and the static analyzer warning.

That's a possibility, though we should also set an exception in that case (since returning an error value without setting an exception is also something that might be picked up by a CPython-oriented static analyser in the future).

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