if (parse_events_term__num(&term,
                                   PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-                                  config, 1, false, NULL,
-                                       NULL) < 0) {
+                                  config, /*num=*/1, /*novalue=*/true,
+                                  loc, /*loc_val=*/NULL) < 0) {
                zfree(&config);
                goto out_err;
        }
                .err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
        };
 
-       return new_term(term, &temp, NULL, num);
+       return new_term(term, &temp, /*str=*/NULL, num);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
                .err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
        };
 
-       return new_term(term, &temp, str, 0);
+       return new_term(term, &temp, str, /*num=*/0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__term(struct parse_events_term **term,
                             struct parse_events_term *term)
 {
        char *str;
-       struct parse_events_term temp = {
-               .type_val  = term->type_val,
-               .type_term = term->type_term,
-               .config    = NULL,
-               .err_term  = term->err_term,
-               .err_val   = term->err_val,
-       };
+       struct parse_events_term temp = *term;
 
+       temp.used = false;
        if (term->config) {
                temp.config = strdup(term->config);
                if (!temp.config)
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
        if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM)
-               return new_term(new, &temp, NULL, term->val.num);
+               return new_term(new, &temp, /*str=*/NULL, term->val.num);
 
        str = strdup(term->val.str);
        if (!str)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       return new_term(new, &temp, str, 0);
+       return new_term(new, &temp, str, /*num=*/0);
 }
 
 void parse_events_term__delete(struct parse_events_term *term)
                first = false;
 
                if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM)
-                       if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER && term->val.num == 1)
+                       if (term->no_value) {
+                               assert(term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER);
                                ret = strbuf_addf(sb, "%s", term->config);
-                       else
+                       } else
                                ret = strbuf_addf(sb, "%s=%#"PRIx64, term->config, term->val.num);
                else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
                        if (term->config) {
                                ret = strbuf_addf(sb, "%s=", term->config);
                                if (ret < 0)
                                        return ret;
-                       } else if (term->type_term < __PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NR) {
+                       } else if ((unsigned int)term->type_term < __PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NR) {
                                ret = strbuf_addf(sb, "%s=", config_term_name(term->type_term));
                                if (ret < 0)
                                        return ret;
                        }
+                       assert(!term->no_value);
                        ret = strbuf_addf(sb, "%s", term->val.str);
                }
                if (ret < 0)
 
 {
        struct parse_events_term *term;
        int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-                                        $1, $3, false, &@1, &@3);
+                                        $1, $3, /*novalue=*/false, &@1, &@3);
 
        if (err) {
                free($1);
 {
        struct parse_events_term *term;
        int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_LEGACY_CACHE,
-                                        $1, 1, true, &@1, NULL);
+                                        $1, /*num=*/1, /*novalue=*/true, &@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
 
        if (err) {
                free($1);
 {
        struct parse_events_term *term;
        int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-                                        $1, 1, true, &@1, NULL);
+                                        $1, /*num=*/1, /*novalue=*/true, &@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
 
        if (err) {
                free($1);
 {
        struct parse_events_term *term;
        int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_HARDWARE,
-                                        $1.str, $1.num & 255, false, &@1, NULL);
+                                        $1.str, $1.num & 255, /*novalue=*/false,
+                                        &@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
 
        if (err) {
                free($1.str);