GNU bug report logs - #65105
Reusing the same string as 'display on consecutive characters evades display

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 18:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: 65105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jdtsmith <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#65105: Reusing the same string as 'display on consecutive characters evades display
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2023 07:54:47 +0300

> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 01:46:49 +0300
> Cc: 65105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
> 
> On 05/08/2023 23:49, JD Smith wrote:
> > Aha, thanks.  It does make sense from an optimization standpoint to 
> > “gang” properties in this manner.  Are you aware of any approach that 
> > allow re-using a string for ‘display, but permits consecutive intervals 
> > to remain distinct?
> 
> Overlays? But they have certain performance problems when their number 
> grows.

Not in Emacs 29 and later, right?
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