GNU bug report logs - #12033
format should be faster

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Message #8 received at 12033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: nalaginrut <nalaginrut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12033: format should be faster
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:19:31 +0200

Hi!

nalaginrut <nalaginrut <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Our "format" is rather slow,

What makes you say so?

Did you make sure that the output port you’re writing to is buffered
(this is not the case by default!)?  See ‘setvbuf’.

> can we make it faster?  I can only output strings with display if I
> need an faster program, which is not so elegant.

Until (ice-9 format) is loaded, ‘format’ is an alias for
‘simple-format’, which is implemented in C, less capable but faster than
(ice-9 format).  Perhaps that’s usable for your use case?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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