Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r109187: Adjust consing_since_gc when objects are explicitly freed.

[Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@yandex.ru>]

On 07/23/2012 02:06 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> IMHO, mostly because consing_since_gc means "total size of new objects which
>> are managed by GC". If we manage some of them by hand, we shouldn't allow GC
>> to overestimate an amount of work to be done.
>
> So, it's only for theoretical reasons?
> If so, I'd rather we don't bother.

Hm... not so theoretical. For example, this really helps, especially when editing
huge fontified buffers (not sure that this is 100% correct, BTW):

=== modified file 'src/editfns.c'
--- src/editfns.c	2012-07-17 07:43:01 +0000
+++ src/editfns.c	2012-07-23 11:20:02 +0000
@@ -3379,6 +3379,10 @@

  	  buf->clip_changed = 1; /* Remember that the narrowing changed. */
  	}
+      /* These aren't needed anymore, so don't wait for GC.  */
+      free_marker (XCAR (data));
+      free_marker (XCDR (data));
+      free_cons (XCONS (data));
      }
    else
      /* A buffer, which means that there was no old restriction.  */

Dmitry