GNU bug report logs - #71644
30.0.50; Severe slowdown in larger files with markers beginning in emacs 29+

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Message #41 received at 71644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
 text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mitchell <mitchellahren <at> gmail.com>, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 71644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71644: 30.0.50; Severe slowdown in larger files with
 markers beginning in emacs 29+
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:23:14 +0200

Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> [ In retrospect I wish we'd stuck to the Emacs-20.1 design where
>   chars=bytes.  I know it introduced a lot of breakage (and it'd be even
>   worse now), but it is The Right Thing™ if you can ignore backward
>   compatibility.  ]

(Wasn't that pre-20? I remember having a ton of problems with the "new"
redisplay when I ported it 19 to 20.)

+1

(And make character a type.)

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