From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: set-text-properties, remove-set-properties, add-text-properties: 1) doc string 2) return value
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:41:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r77vwmou.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICAEODDAAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:03:39 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I guess, in the case of a buffer, a new string would need to be created.
Exactly -- and a string with all properties duplicated. Very wasteful, since
the value would be discarded in most (all) cases.
> Is
> that what you meant, or is there also a problem when the OBJECT (string)
> argument is explicitly supplied?
Not performancewise, but IMO it is not worth the efforts to change this just
for the string case.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-29 22:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-28 21:59 set-text-properties, remove-set-properties, add-text-properties: 1) doc string 2) return value Drew Adams
2005-12-29 3:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-29 4:15 ` Drew Adams
2005-12-30 2:18 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-30 3:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-30 3:57 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-30 11:24 ` David Kastrup
2005-12-29 11:10 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-12-29 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2005-12-29 19:41 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-12-30 0:57 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-18 19:37 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-19 15:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-29 22:41 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
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