From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12463: 24.2; pos-visible-in-window-p gets slower over time Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:34:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wqzs1a4c.fsf@queen.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <83mx0n22p0.fsf@gnu.org> <87d31jcqce.fsf@gnu.org> <4023344.MyoQPQRfcJ@queen> <87sjac1185.fsf@gnu.org> <878vc4ylr6.fsf@gnu.org> <83pq5fyglu.fsf@gnu.org> <87d31fd8zi.fsf@gnu.org> <83fw6by2qz.fsf@gnu.org> <83a9wjxqhs.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1348259732 17685 80.91.229.3 (21 Sep 2012 20:35:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:35:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, cyd@gnu.org, jwalt@garni.ch, 12463@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 21 22:35:35 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9wk-00025Z-GW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:35:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44106 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9wf-00025R-H5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:35:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43575) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9wd-00024G-6i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9wa-0005E5-CG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38027) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9wa-0005DX-8f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:35:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9yA-00033P-Fz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12463 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12463-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12463.134825978411694 (code B ref 12463); Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12463) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Sep 2012 20:36:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47573 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9xY-00032Y-1V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:36:24 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:60597) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TF9xV-00032R-HJ for 12463@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:36:22 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q8LKYf3o014821; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:34:42 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CFFA2B404D; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:34:41 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83a9wjxqhs.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:58:07 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64707 Archived-At: >> Sorry, can't remember. Probably because I generally prefer passing >> arguments explicitly over passing them via dynamic binding. > We have gobs of functions in Emacs that access global variables like > Vdynamic_library_alist. I don't think one more function will change > anything. The question is not "global or not" but "let-bound or not". If it's generally accessed as a global var, that's perfectly fine. If it's generally let-bound, I prefer an explicit argument. Stefan