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Tabulated-list-mode wasteful properties

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Message #41 received at 45926-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 45926-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45926: Tabulated-list-mode wasteful properties
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:35:53 -0500

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:
>
>>> Borouch, did you have the time to look into if this data is indeed
>>> shared or not?  Thanks.
>>
>> Oh. I thought I had done that right away ...
>>
>> Doing it again now. Yes. It's very simple to check for yourself. Open a
>> buffer that uses the mode and evaluate from any table line ...
>>
>>   (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))
>>
>> You should be able to clearly see all the duplication. It's easiest when
>> you have pretty-print set up to display the output in a dedicated
>> buffer, but even without that you can isearch through the duplications.
>
> I think the interesting question is if that data is duplicated in memory
> or if these are just pointers to the same shared data.
>
> I would try modifying this data with something like `setcdr' to see if
> it updates everywhere -- if the answer yes, then this data is shared and
> there is no problem here.

More information was requested, but none was given within 5 weeks, so
I'm closing this bug.

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