Subject: bug#66020: (bug#64735 spin-off): regarding the default for read-process-output-max

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:20:13 +0300

> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:59:43 +0300
> Cc: [email-masked]
> From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
> 
> - Maybe we declare the difference insignificant and bump the value of 
> read-process-output-max, given that it helps in other cases,
> - Or try to find out the cause for degradation,
> - Or keep the default the same, but make it easier to use different 
> value for different processes (meaning, we resurrect the discussion in 
> bug#38561).

I'd try the same experiment on other use cases, say "M-x grep" and
"M-x compile" with large outputs, and if you see the same situation
there (i.e. larger buffers are no worse), try increasing the default
value on master.

Stefan & Stefan: any comments or suggestions?