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[115.125.38.6]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o5sm9339797paz.32.2013.01.14.12.51.52 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:51:53 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: HidemaruMail 6.00 (WinNT,601) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69771 Archived-At: Hi, `describe-variable' is very slow for large objects. It is mainly because `pp' used in it is slow on that case (comments say `take an age'). When `pp' is to a buffer, in other words, output stream is a buffer, current code is as follows: 1) Output the object to a temporary buffer. 2) Convert the buffer contents to a string. 3) Insert the string to an output buffer. If the insertion is directry from the temporary buffer without conversion, things go better dramatically. Regards, Shigeru