\f
/* Fetch the next byte from the bytecode stream. */
+#ifdef BYTE_CODE_SAFE
+#define FETCH (eassert (stack.byte_string_start == SDATA (stack.byte_string)), *stack.pc++)
+#else
#define FETCH *stack.pc++
+#endif
/* Fetch two bytes from the bytecode stream and make a 16-bit number
out of them. */