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[PATCH] tree-sitter-lock-mode

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 51572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51572: [PATCH] tree-sitter-lock-mode
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:47:16 +0100

dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com> writes:

> FWIW, fontification of xdisp.c under tree-sitter is under a
> second versus 17s for jit-lock (on my 10yo Thinkpad).

That's really cool.

Skimming the patch is rather difficult, though, because it contains so
many changes that seem irrelevant.  Like:

> -	(when (null (cdr elt))
> +	(unless (cdr elt)

And just snarky bits:

> +  "This was better embedded in a minor mode, obviously."

And a bunch of commentary that's been removed:

> -;; Rather than the function, e.g., `font-lock-fontify-region' containing the
> -;; code to fontify a region, the function runs the function whose name is the
> -;; value of the variable, e.g., `font-lock-fontify-region-function'.  Normally,

So I'm not sure where we're going with this.  Anybody got an opinion?

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