GNU bug report logs - #12463
24.2; pos-visible-in-window-p gets slower over time

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jwalt <at> garni.ch (Jörg Walter)

Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 12468

Found in version 24.2

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, cyd <at> gnu.org, jwalt <at> garni.ch, 12463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12463: 24.2; pos-visible-in-window-p gets slower over time
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:34:41 -0400

>> Sorry, can't remember.  Probably because I generally prefer passing
>> arguments explicitly over passing them via dynamic binding.
> We have gobs of functions in Emacs that access global variables like
> Vdynamic_library_alist.  I don't think one more function will change
> anything.

The question is not "global or not" but "let-bound or not".
If it's generally accessed as a global var, that's perfectly fine.
If it's generally let-bound, I prefer an explicit argument.


        Stefan
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