Ryan B <public@ryanb.org> writes:

> here are steps that reproduce this, with gnu emacs 25.1.1 on mac os x:
>
> 1. put the single long line under the === below (18572 chars long) into a file
> 2. run emacs -Q
> 3. type C-x C-f <filename> RET to open the file
> 4. type M-x compilation-mode RET
>
> this consistently hangs emacs for 9-10s for me on modern hardware, a 2014
> retina macbook pro.

The example was corrupted in transit (line-folded), so I've included a
fixed-up version as an attachment here.

Running M-x compilation-mode takes about five seconds for me, but this
laptop is pretty fast.

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