From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Mundell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Compilation to native Date: 24 Mar 2004 23:52:17 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87d671n6q6.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> References: <87eks0654s.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87n06bp4ng.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <877jxccutf.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080173570 9489 80.91.224.253 (25 Mar 2004 00:12:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 25 01:12:44 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B6IUF-0007C8-00 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:12:43 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B6IUF-0003A8-00 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:12:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6IOl-0002np-Rn for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:07:03 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B6IL0-0001qg-V3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:03:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B6IAr-0007S2-B7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:53:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.158.120.143] (helo=mail.ukfsn.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6IAf-0007Ln-VJ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:30 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50985E6DBD; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:45 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27353-12; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:45 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org (dsl213-218-238-16.as15444.net [213.218.238.16]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FCE0E6DA1; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:45 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org ([10.0.0.3]) by sno.mundell.ukfsn.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B6IAU-0000rr-00; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:52:18 +0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20860 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20860 Richard Stallman writes: > The loop _is_ purely computational. > > I was fooled by the indentation, which makes it appear > that the call to current-time-string is inside the loop. > See? > > (defun silly-loop (n) > "Return time before and after N iterations of a loop." > (let ((t1 (current-time-string))) > (while (> (setq n (1- n)) > 0)) > (list t1 (current-time-string)))) > > Anyway, such a small speedup is not worth the trouble. OK, thanks for considering it.