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Big rectangular selections are slow

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 72830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#72830: Big rectangular selections are slow
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:18:01 +0200

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29 aug. 2024 kl. 12.22 skrev Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>:

> The patch below is crude but seems to work.

That phrase is highly effective for forcing bugs into daylight. Here is an improved version.

Previously, `exchange-point-and-mark` didn't regenerate the overlays because it wasn't necessary, but now it is, so we save point in our rectangle overlay tuple. (Should use a struct at this point.)

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