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24.3.50; js2-mode parser is several times slower in lexical-binding mode

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Message #27 received at 15294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 15294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#15294: 24.3.50; js2-mode parser is several times slower in
 lexical-binding mode
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:59:52 -0700 (PDT)

> It seems the slowdown is indeed linked to the way `catch' is handled
> (indeed, this non-idiomatic ELisp code ends up byte-compiled in a really
> poor way). The trivial patch below brings the time down from 5s to 2.6s
> (as compared to 2.1s for the dynamic-binding version).
>
> -  (let (c c1 identifier-start is-unicode-escape-start
> -        contains-escape escape-val str result base
> -        is-integer quote-char val look-for-slash continue)
> -    (catch 'return
> +  (catch 'return
> +    (let (c c1 identifier-start is-unicode-escape-start
> +            contains-escape escape-val str result base
> +            is-integer quote-char val look-for-slash continue)

Not really following this thread, but this caught my eye.  Is this
something that should be mentioned as a guideline in the manual?

Or is the byte compiler likely to be improved in this regard, so users
need not be aware of it and take measures manually?

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