GNU bug report logs - #48264
28.0.50; Changing the default for DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER variables takes O(#buffers) time

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Message #242 received at 48264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> catern.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 48264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add compile-time check that BVAR is used correctly
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 10:09:06 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  48264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 14:09:43 -0400
>> 
>> > BVAR should only be used for permanent-local buffer variables, so
>> 
>> BTW, I find this term slightly problematic: "permanent-local" already
>> has a slightly different meaning for normal variables.  Maybe we should
>> call them "really-permanent-local" or "always buffer-local" or
>> "buffer-local-only"?
>
> I prefer "always buffer-local", as this is what we used until now (see
> buffer.c).

True, will change the wording in a followup.

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