Re: New "make benchmark" target

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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:45:36 +0000
>> From: Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com>
>> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii
>> <eliz@gnu.org>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>, Paul Eggert
>> <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, emacs-devel@gnu.org, João Távora
>> <joaotavora@gmail.com>
>>
>> "Andrea Corallo" <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > I'd personally drop the requirement of using ERT as a framework for
>> > benchmarks, I'd just move elisp-benchmarks code in emacs core and add
>> > the target.
>>
>> Well, as is obvious from the quoted paragraph, I disagree.  I've stated
>> why in the thread; if someone wants a summary, I can provide one
>
> Can you point to the message where you explained your rationale for
> using ERT for this?  I've scanned the discussion, but couldn't find
> such a message.

The best I can find is this:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-12/msg00595.html

I can try to provide a more detailed/structured rationale if that's
helpful.  (Is it, though?  Reusing someone's code in a way which reduces
their user base and might cause them more work isn't something we should
do lightly.)

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