Subject: bug#6185: closed (Re: bug#6185: big array in bidi.c)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:42:02 +0000

Your bug report

#6185: big array in bidi.c

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#6185: big array in bidi.c
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 19:41:08 +0300
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> From: Dan Nicolaescu <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:58:38 -0400
> 
> bidi.c contains a 600KB uninitialized array, this increases the emacs
> image on disk by that amount, which should make for a slower startup.
> 
> It would be better if that array was malloced.

Fixed in revno 100282.

Subject: big array in bidi.c
From: Dan Nicolaescu <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:58:38 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

bidi.c contains a 600KB uninitialized array, this increases the emacs
image on disk by that amount, which should make for a slower startup.

It would be better if that array was malloced.