From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GC Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:29:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200506182319.j5INJWF08937@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506190015.j5J0FQk09223@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506190037.j5J0b9Y09287@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506191747.j5JHlha11521@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506202312.j5KNCct19091@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506212058.j5LKw5P23961@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <874qbqh0lm.fsf@jurta.org> <87mzpf3a5v.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87y88zv3vm.fsf@jurta.org> <877jgfyu5t.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119994034 19713 80.91.229.2 (28 Jun 2005 21:27:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 28 23:27:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DnNbC-000056-5t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:26:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DnNj7-0006hu-0T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:34:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DnNht-0006NX-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:33:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DnNhk-0006JA-Sv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:33:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DnNhk-0006If-P0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DnNkM-00015z-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DnNeL-0008Oj-F9; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:29:45 -0400 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-reply-to: <877jgfyu5t.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:55:00 -0400) 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:39829 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39829 I'd had already suggested a change to grow gc-cons-threshold as the heap grows (a long time ago), and I see that XEmacs's gc-cons-percentage is clean interface to such a feature. I think we should introduce this variable and give it a good non-zero default value. I agree. Would you like to do it?