From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs awfully slow on some files Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:52:29 +0300 Message-ID: <83bpmik9ia.fsf@gnu.org> References: <7b501d5c0908101104v6fb4d56axe3f5ea28628d7fe3@mail.gmail.com> <9de1a5ef0908131509j6ba1681ra1357a058d607382@mail.gmail.com> <87vdkqkea9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250243740 27298 80.91.229.12 (14 Aug 2009 09:55:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:55:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 14 11:55:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MbtVU-00074A-Jd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:55:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58156 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbtVU-0002yy-5p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:55:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbtSf-0000Vk-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:52:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbtSd-0000Un-KA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:52:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42702 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbtSd-0000UV-8r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:24386) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbtSa-0007nk-3E; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:52:32 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KOD00L0021AYF00@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:52:30 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.228.232.38]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KOD00BWA23CQD10@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:52:24 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114234 Archived-At: > From: Miles Bader > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:43:11 +0900 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > David Kastrup writes: > > cache-long-line-scans is a variable defined in `C source code'. > > Its value is nil > ... > > However, this variable has defaulted to nil for quite a long time. I > > should be surprised if setting it non-nil would not tend to exhibit > > bugs. > > I tried it last year sometime; emacs crashed quite quickly... A bug report is in order, IMO.