GNU bug report logs - #26952
25.2; repeated buffer insertion (e.g. yank-rectangle) consumes excessive memory (4GB+ for 90MB of text)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 14:55:01 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 27498, 31092, 38629

Found in versions 25.1, 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #61 received at 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, pot <at> gnu.org, 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26952: 25.1;
 loops eating all memory while yanking big rectangle
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 16:52:06 -0400

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> OK, sorry, I stand corrected: they can go back to 25.1 with REL_ALLOC=no.

No, that's what gives us this bug.  From what I can tell, 25.2 with
REL_ALLOC=yes is the only viable alternative at the moment.
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