From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Samuel Wales Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Adding many elements to a list Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:03:31 -0700 Message-ID: <20524da70909281303t1d618788m9d6f462c821c1492@mail.gmail.com> References: <979e809f-0b95-46bf-afa4-1a25cda5bae0@j9g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> <7chbv0fjuj.fsf@informatimago.com> <87vdjgxrga.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <7ceiq4s405.fsf@pbourguignon.lefevre.informatimago.com> <87my4sxpzv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <7cab0ss2ud.fsf@pbourguignon.lefevre.informatimago.com> <87ws3rtq2b.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <7cws3rp54a.fsf@pbourguignon.lefevre.anevia.com> <87vdjbrx7n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254168302 32521 80.91.229.12 (28 Sep 2009 20:05:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:05:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 28 22:04:54 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MsMSn-0001dN-C0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:04:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38987 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMSm-0005bl-VC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:04:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMS1-0005GO-DM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMRw-0005Ds-M0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:04:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48562 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMRw-0005Dn-Iz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.223.174]:33898) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MsMRt-00068n-ST; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:03:53 -0400 Original-Received: by iwn4 with SMTP id 4so2590333iwn.14 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:03:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=dT64CdVu1kHe8AMtrjgXpm8JfSHz/Ownls+pwTOIjJE=; b=MDkvrapj7T0A3PXXHVs+xpo/+xHIViGBe3V6z/DqFUnbcFiGVE3amEgU50klzwVScv DcM2Add0LyNphXNgiHJ2NyYJlHBgH5YCJFQKCFv3uXQT34wfy0K5Bmfqxlq8EOfpcBoQ mTDzOHuo/cZX4XzBTbhmtYbjdPTub5RGBEegk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=TnOOc/cn/dR8HDq2mKwuI0VBTJDq0lVHPsXf9A9pVItkgM6rGSkXW414HsiFRNGV/7 xIXXTE+wsJ6GfnjM5wGZYhX5UHrK7LIJRXgak5+E8lzuv4wSYLTrpUiibr7r2v+R8DnA uZ4P1HpzGMBhYXjTM1eRbD3+CxpWuHGqymEfA= Original-Received: by 10.231.29.149 with SMTP id q21mr6828343ibc.35.1254168231916; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:03:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87vdjbrx7n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:68518 Archived-At: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:16, David Kastrup wrote: > But you almost never need this sort of flexibility at runtime, and at > compile time, it obfuscates what actually happens, including the > possible performance impacts. Came in late to thread, but I tried disassembling setq and setf for cases where place is not necessary, and got the same result. (Please CC: me on any replies.)