Subject: Re: bug#30943: save-hist creates massive cache file

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 01:25:23 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I actually find that to be a nuisance even for visiting files.  With
> 64-bit builds, this warning makes very little sense.

32-bit builds are almost dead, so you may want to revisit the default.
(See trend at https://debbugs.gnu.org/stats/emacs.html )

But isn't it about how much physical memory the system has?
Years ago people were saying 10MB was too small, eg
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-11/msg02358.html

Anyway, getting OT...

The largest el(c) file in the Emacs sources is ja-dic at 2.2MB,
well below the current default for large-file-warning-threshold.
So not warning about loading a 1/2GB file like in the initial report
seems like a disservice.