GNU bug report logs - #73766
30.0.91; (documentation 'pcase) can take several seconds

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Message #38 received at 73766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 73766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yikai <at> z1k.dev, joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#73766: 30.0.91; (documentation 'pcase) can take several
 seconds
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:48:29 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: yikai <at> z1k.dev,  joaotavora <at> gmail.com,  73766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:42:32 -0400
> 
> The "quickfix" I installed on `emacs-30` should not suffer from
> a significant slowdown, no, so I think we're good for `emacs-30`.
> 
> The "better" fix I installed on `master`, may still cause a bit of
> sluggishness with eldoc, OTOH.
> 
> I think the "right" fix for that is to extend `documentation` or `C-h f`
> such that the `pcase` doc can distinguish between the (quick to
> generate) doc about `pcase` itself and the table of Pcase patterns
> defined with `pcase-defmacro` which is appended to the end of the
> `pcase` doc (and which can take a bit of time to generate but is not
> needed for eldoc).
> 
> It would also be good to be able to show the table in a kind of
> abbreviated form (one line per Pcase pattern) with a way to
> unfold/refold specific patterns' doc.
> 
> The same applies to the list of methods displayed in the doc of generic
> functions and in the doc of types.

Should we now close this bug?

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