GNU bug report logs - #42112
27.0.91; whitespace-empty face not extended beyond EOL

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 16:42:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.91

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 42112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 42112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42112: 27.0.91; whitespace-empty face not extended beyond EOL
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 21:17:19 +0300

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Cc: 42112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:34:56 +0100
> 
> Is there any practical difference or preference between giving
> whitespace-empty an :extend attribute vs making it inherit from a face
> with an :extend attribute?

Inheritance makes display slightly slower (due to the need to chase
the inheritance chain).  And frankly I don't see why we would need to
use inheritance here in the first place.
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