GNU bug report logs - #19023
24.4; Long pause when evaluating numeric expression

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:19:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 16828, 21131, 23930

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4, 25.0.95

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 19023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 19023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>
Subject: Re: bug#19023: 24.4; Long pause when evaluating numeric expression
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:04:26 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> But maybe this feature is more trouble than it's worth.  After all, you
> can always use M-: (string <exp>) RET to force Emacs to show you the
> character.

Yeah.

I tried reproducing the problem reported here, and I got nothing.

But I evaluated a number of digits, and one of them took a couple of
seconds to display.  (This is with X over ssh over wifi.)  So I'm able
to reproduce the problem, and the slower the X connection is, the more
severe it probably is.

Unless somebody else thinks this is really useful functionality, I think
we should probably just ditch it.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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