GNU bug report logs - #77620
thingatpt can be incredibly slow in python-mode buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 21:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: kobarity <kobarity <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77620 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jdtsmith <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#77620: thingatpt can be incredibly slow in python-mode buffers
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:52:18 +0300
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:33:03 +0900
> From: kobarity <kobarity <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>,
> 	77620 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 
> > > In #77588 this was shown to lead to long intermittent pauses with eglot in large python buffers, but the issue is more general for any packages using thingatpt in python buffers.
> > 
> > The Lisp profile, which seems to point to the likely culprit, is
> > below.
> > 
> > Maybe kobarity (CC'ed) will have some ideas or suggestions.
> > 
> >          345  89% - ...
> >          343  89%  - cond
> >          343  89%   - let
> >          343  89%    - condition-case
> >          343  89%     - progn
> >          343  89%      - save-excursion
> >          173  44%       - funcall
> >          173  44%        - thing-at-point--end-of-sexp
> >          173  44%         - let
> >          173  44%          - if
> >          173  44%           - condition-case
> >          173  44%            - forward-sexp
> >          173  44%             - python-nav-forward-sexp
> >          173  44%              - python-nav--forward-sexp
> >          173  44%               - python-info-statement-ends-block-p
> >          173  44%                - python-nav-end-of-block
> >           96  24%                 - python-nav-end-of-statement
> >           69  17%                  - syntax-ppss
> >           67  17%                     parse-partial-sexp
> >           27   7%                  - python-info-line-ends-backslash-p
> >           27   7%                   - syntax-ppss
> >           27   7%                      parse-partial-sexp
> >           76  19%                 - python-nav-beginning-of-block
> >           76  19%                  - python-nav-backward-block
> >           76  19%                   - python-nav-forward-block
> >           75  19%                    - python-syntax-context-type
> >           75  19%                     - syntax-ppss
> >           74  19%                        parse-partial-sexp
> >            1   0%                    - python-nav-beginning-of-statement
> >            1   0%                       point-marker
> >            1   0%                   current-indentation
> >          170  44%       - let
> >          170  44%        - if
> >          170  44%         - funcall
> >          170  44%          - thing-at-point--beginning-of-sexp
> >          170  44%           - let
> >          170  44%            - if
> >          170  44%             - forward-sexp
> >          170  44%              - python-nav-forward-sexp
> >          170  44%               - python-nav--forward-sexp
> >          170  44%                - python-info-statement-ends-block-p
> >          170  44%                 - python-nav-end-of-block
> >           95  24%                  - python-nav-end-of-statement
> >           63  16%                   - syntax-ppss
> >           62  16%                      parse-partial-sexp
> >           31   8%                   - python-info-line-ends-backslash-p
> >           31   8%                    - syntax-ppss
> >           30   7%                       parse-partial-sexp
> >            1   0%                     re-search-forward
> >           75  19%                  - python-nav-beginning-of-block
> >           75  19%                   - python-nav-backward-block
> >           75  19%                    - python-nav-forward-block
> >           72  18%                     - python-syntax-context-type
> >           72  18%                      - syntax-ppss
> >           71  18%                         parse-partial-sexp
> >            2   0%                       re-search-backward
> >            1   0%                     - python-nav-beginning-of-statement
> >            1   0%                      - python-info-line-ends-backslash-p
> >            1   0%                       - syntax-ppss
> >            1   0%                          syntax-ppss--data
> >            2   0%  - python-shell-get-process
> >            2   0%   - python-shell-get-buffer
> >            2   0%    - seq-some
> >            2   0%     + seq-do
> >           32   8%   Automatic GC
> >            6   1% - command-execute
> >            6   1%  - call-interactively
> >            6   1%   - byte-code
> >            6   1%    - read-extended-command
> >            6   1%     - read-extended-command-1
> >            6   1%      - completing-read
> >            6   1%       - completing-read-default
> >            6   1%        - read-from-minibuffer
> >            1   0%           redisplay_internal (C function)
> >            2   0%   redisplay_internal (C function)
> 
> Please give me some time as I'm trying to improve performance.

Sure, there's no rush.  TIA.




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