GNU bug report logs - #43016
replace-region-contents takes a lot of time when called from json-pretty-print-buffer

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ljell <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>, "43016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <43016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#43016: replace-region-contents takes a lot of time when called from json-pretty-print-buffer
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:21:24 +0200

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

> That would be sad because except for the performance in some
> cases, it's very nice. :-(

It is indeed very nice.  My guess is that most of the usages of the
function is for shortish JSON structures.  Perhaps we could just
introduce an arbitrary switchover between using replace-region-contents
and plain replacing -- like a hundred K or something?  

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