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Sat, 4 Feb 2017 13:45:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <838tpl91ic.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:128969 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > I did provide use cases, you just dismiss them as unimportant. You mentioned use cases consisting of "a memory-starved system or a syste= m under=20 heavy computational load". My test code attempted to exercise both=20 possibilities, under different scenarios. My tests came up empty: there w= ere no=20 cases that caused new problems. Perhaps I misunderstood what you were dri= ving=20 at, but if so I would like to know what it was. Possibly there is a=20 more-efficient change that would satisfy your concerns, once I understand= them.