From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs bzr memory footprint Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:45 +0200 Message-ID: <83mxcuqihm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83fwix2osa.fsf@gnu.org> <0B3EE7A4-D0D6-4D1E-ADC4-0BEE68F179B2@mit.edu> <87fwivwp37.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87sjmvpmd2.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa93wmc4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87sjmnrdjw.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87ty73mc0m.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <4EA19111.7060401@yandex.ru> <87r526yzcf.fsf@wanadoo.es> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319223536 10340 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2011 18:58:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 21 20:58:52 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RHKIt-00038j-4f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58720 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHKIs-0002mt-MU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHKIp-0002lr-3p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:58:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHKIn-0007ma-PG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:58:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:41886) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RHKIn-0007mI-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LTF00900J7W1N00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:42 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.212.197]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LTF008XHJDTVX50@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:42 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87r526yzcf.fsf@wanadoo.es> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:145408 Archived-At: > From: =D3scar Fuentes > Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:27:28 +0200 >=20 > The memory for the text of a buffer, is a single chunk? Yes. > Or, more generally, are large chunks of memory allocated for big > buffers? Yes. > If the answer is yes, memory fragmentation may be problematic for > those who work with large buffers, unless the allocating algorithm > avoids that. It does.