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From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: setting an optimal value of gc-cons-threshold
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:59:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2sl90rs5x.fsf@sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ir9wktes.fsf@escher.local.home

----- Stephen Berman (2007-06-10) wrote:-----

> On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:04:01 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
>>> I found quite a few people in their .emacs setting gc-cons-threshold to
>>> a different value than the default 400000.
>>
>>> I wonder if there is a guidance for setting this value.
>>
>> Better not touch it.  In Emacs-22 we introduced gc-cons-percentage which
>> provides the same benefit as increasing gc-cons-threshold but without
>> the drawbacks.  And without having to fiddle with it.
>>
>> I.e. I'd recommend users to remove any gc-cons-threshold settings from their
>> .emacs.
>
> Perhaps this recommendation should be mentioned in the manual and
> docstrings.

I second this.

-- 
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-10 10:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.1498.1180794791.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-06-10  1:04 ` setting an optimal value of gc-cons-threshold Stefan Monnier
2007-06-10  8:10   ` Leo
2007-06-10 10:14   ` Stephen Berman
2007-06-10 10:59     ` Leo [this message]
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1861.1181473317.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-06-12 14:20       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-06-12 15:00         ` Leo
     [not found]         ` <mailman.2024.1181660588.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-06-12 19:52           ` Stefan Monnier
2007-06-02 14:31 Leo
     [not found] ` <200708280535.l7S5Zen9013844@localhost.localdomain>
     [not found]   ` <u4pijcvph.fsf@gnu.org>
2007-08-29 23:41     ` Xavier Maillard
2007-08-30  3:19       ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-03  1:00         ` Xavier Maillard
     [not found] ` <mailman.5435.1188280107.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-07  4:58   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-09-10  1:00     ` Xavier Maillard

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