GNU bug report logs - #14303
24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14303: 24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 07:23:33 +0200

Am 18.05.2013 00:52, schrieb Leo Liu:
> On 2013-05-17 22:27 +0800, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>> maybe re-search-backward is as fast?
>
> Usually it is fast enough. I have experienced some slow cases in C-x [
> but maybe that is due to really bad regexp.
>
> Leo
>

As this is a very basic routine, IMO every thinking to make it as fast as possible is well invested.
BTW it's your merit having addressed that item.

So just for the record maybe:

Why start searching backward with a re-? Why not search comment-start string, which should travel much faster?

Andreas
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