GNU bug report logs - #70784
Abolish string resizing

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Message #38 received at 70784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 70784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70784: Abolish string resizing
Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 17:14:50 -0400

> Thanks, I hadn't seen your work. My approach (attached) is more an instance
> of outsider art: I didn't know how these things are normally done and just
> made it up as I went.

Mine was also "invent it as I go along", ...

> The backtrace is included in the message here because it's kind of essential
> for diagnosing the warning correctly, and it uses the very compact form
> repurposed from the profiler for brevity and because we probably don't need
> more to establish the source of the problem.

Very nice.  For track-changes, the backtraces aren't as important,
because we often detect the problem only after the fact so the backtrace
may be unrelated (which is why I also record the recent keys).


        Stefan

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