GNU bug report logs - #24012
25.0.95; forward-comment backwards takes O(n^2)

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.95

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 24012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>, 24012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24012: 25.0.95; forward-comment backwards takes O(n^2)
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 17:24:38 +0200

On 7/17/16 2:04 PM, Leo Liu wrote:
> 
> 1. Use the attached file as an example, open it in emacs in ruby-mode
> 2. Move point to end of buffer and eval (forward-comment (- (point)))
> 
> The last step takes about 0.25 seconds on my MacBook 3 GHz Intel Core
> i7. If you double the lines of comments, the time increase by 4 folds.

FWIW, it looks fixed in the master branch now.

Probably by 14b95587520959c5b54356547a0a69932a9bb480, so no idea what 
exactly was causing it.
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