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From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
Cc: 25122@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
	Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
Subject: bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:59:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871su38ogm.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lgsbtxwe.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Sat,  11 Mar 2017 20:29:37 +0100")

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> I think the better way out is to do less work.  E.g. bound the total
>> amount printed (and replace the rest with "..." that can be expanded on
>> demand).

Yes, there's no method that will achieve "instant" speeds for
load-history sized lists (well except for plain prin1, but that output
is hardly readable).

> The problem will be here again when you hit RET on "..." 

Perhaps we could run the printing in a thread and suspend it after
printing X lines.  Then hitting RET on "..." would just print another X
lines.





  reply	other threads:[~2017-03-11 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-06  2:21 bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables Boruch Baum
2016-12-06  6:41 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2016-12-07  3:50   ` npostavs
2016-12-07  8:58     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2017-03-11  5:40       ` npostavs
2017-03-11 15:33         ` Stefan Monnier
2017-03-11 19:29           ` Thierry Volpiatto
2017-03-11 21:59             ` npostavs [this message]
2017-03-11 23:55               ` Drew Adams
2017-03-12  5:57               ` Thierry Volpiatto
2017-03-12 14:07                 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-03-12 14:15                 ` npostavs
2017-03-12 14:59                   ` Drew Adams
2017-03-12 16:29                   ` Stefan Monnier
2017-03-12 16:32                   ` npostavs
2017-03-13  4:47                     ` npostavs
2017-03-13 14:01                       ` npostavs
2017-03-16  2:54                         ` npostavs
2017-04-18  3:53                           ` npostavs
2017-04-22 18:25                             ` npostavs
2017-04-26  3:57                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-04-26 10:35                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-03-11 19:34         ` Thierry Volpiatto
2017-03-12 16:07           ` npostavs
2017-03-11 15:21   ` Stefan Monnier
2017-03-11 15:35     ` npostavs
2017-03-11 19:26     ` Thierry Volpiatto

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