GNU bug report logs - #28625
[PROPOSED] Speed up (format "%s" STRING) and the like

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 28625 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 28625 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#28625: [PROPOSED] Speed up (format "%s" STRING) and the like
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 21:47:29 -0400

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

> Also, the change simplifies the Emacs source code, and that's a win
> even if the performance gain is small.

I kind of rolled my eyes a bit when I saw the subject, as optimizing
`format' hardly seems like a priority; but IMO, the patch is indeed
worthwhile for the code simplication.
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