GNU bug report logs - #66117
30.0.50; `find-buffer-visiting' is slow when opening large number of buffers

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 66117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#66117: 30.0.50; `find-buffer-visiting' is slow when opening
 large number of buffers
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:20:18 +0000

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

>> ... and syntax-table can be set in text properties; so not just affected
>> by current buffer - also by position in buffer.
>
> If you search the buffer text, then having syntax-table on that text
> is less surprising: after all, it only affects the text which has this
> property.
>
> But buffer-local case-table is much more subtle: it is in effect even
> if you match strings, not portions of buffer text, and only because
> some buffer _happens_ to be the current buffer when, say, string-match
> is called.

Good point. I did not even think about this subtlety.
Then, I think that having a global variable like
`case-fold-search-override' could make things more predictable if we
advertise it for let-bindings.
Also, it is much easier to implement.
WDYT?

>> In the past, me and Mattias Engdegård even discussed a possibility to
>> incorporate case-fold-search flag into regexps directly
>> (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=63225#74)
>> That way, things would be less affected by the buffer-locals.
>
> Indeed.

There are multiple ways to implement this. Though I think that this part
of the discussion should continue in bug#63225 or even a separate
feature request.

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