GNU bug report logs - #55491
All completion fragments get added to obarray

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 20:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 55491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jdtsmith <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#55491: All completion fragments get added to obarray
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 18:19:48 -0400

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  > Completion in emacs-lisp-mode doesn't take unbound variables into
  > account, I think?  So putting stuff into the obarray shouldn't have much
  > (if any) noticeable effect.

If it's a really large number of fragments, they could make `intern' slower.

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