From: Lluís <xscript@gmx.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is compiling autoloads useful?
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:06:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ehwdhjis.fsf@ginnungagap.bsc.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr50dn8h8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:12:49 -0500")
Stefan Monnier writes:
> Some people have reported that byte-compiling their .emacs makes
> a measurable difference to their Emacs's startup time, tho, so there
> might some advantage, but I must say I don't know where it comes from
> (it must be linked to the way the file is loaded rather than to the
> actual evaluation; maybe some decoding overhead or something like that).
Well, I'd say that's because people's .emacs tend to be more complex than an
autoload file :)
apa!
--
"And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn
something new, the whole world becomes that much richer."
-- The Princess of Pure Reason, as told by Norton Juster in The Phantom
Tollbooth
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-09 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-09 10:15 Is compiling autoloads useful? Roland Winkler
2011-12-09 14:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-09 15:06 ` Lluís [this message]
2011-12-09 15:11 ` Roland Winkler
2011-12-09 15:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-09 15:38 ` Roland Winkler
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