GNU bug report logs - #75672
31.0.50; scratch/igc memory usage/collection issues

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Message #26 received at 75672 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: Alexis Purslane <alexispurslane <at> pm.me>, 75672 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 acorallo <at> gnu.org, gerd <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75672: 31.0.50; scratch/igc memory usage/collection issues
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:54:12 -0800

Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com> writes:

>> First, I'm not sure that `gc-cons-threshold` will even affect MPS.
>
> It shouldn't.  The decision what to do with an incremental garbage
> collector is so different that we cannot do anything useful with that
> variable.

That's what I was thinking, indeed.  So I documented that in commit
4fd6a61605b.  Please take a look, and feel free to tweak it.

We will also eventually need to rewrite (info "(elisp) Garbage
Collection") on feature/igc, but I left that alone for now.

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