From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#12033: format should be faster Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:19:31 +0200 Message-ID: <87393jkfm4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1343023866.4060.12.camel@Renee-SUSE.suse> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345328407 469 80.91.229.3 (18 Aug 2012 22:20:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12033@debbugs.gnu.org To: nalaginrut Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 19 00:20:07 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@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 1T2rND-00025P-6J for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:20:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35537 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rNB-00030f-TI for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:20:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39185) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rN9-00030V-Ee for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:20:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rN8-0005me-K6 for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:19:59 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56601) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rN8-0005mZ-Gn for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:19:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rNC-0002IE-CK for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:20:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-guile@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12033 X-GNU-PR-Package: guile X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12033-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12033.13453283818777 (code B ref 12033); Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12033) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Aug 2012 22:19:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37914 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rMq-0002HW-PV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:19:40 -0400 Original-Received: from xanadu.aquilenet.fr ([88.191.123.111]:40426) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T2rMo-0002HO-L7 for 12033@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:19:39 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xanadu.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E8C8EF3; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:19:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from xanadu.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (xanadu.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IJH6IG5YGR6C; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:19:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from pluto (reverse-83.fdn.fr [80.67.176.83]) by xanadu.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2FF188EBC; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:19:32 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1343023866.4060.12.camel@Renee-SUSE.suse> (nalaginrut@gmail.com's message of "Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:11:06 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130005 (Ma Gnus v0.5) Emacs/24.1 (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-guile@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:6481 Archived-At: Hi! nalaginrut skribis: > Our "format" is rather slow, What makes you say so? Did you make sure that the output port you=E2=80=99re writing to is buffered (this is not the case by default!)? See =E2=80=98setvbuf=E2=80=99. > can we make it faster? I can only output strings with display if I > need an faster program, which is not so elegant. Until (ice-9 format) is loaded, =E2=80=98format=E2=80=99 is an alias for =E2=80=98simple-format=E2=80=99, which is implemented in C, less capable bu= t faster than (ice-9 format). Perhaps that=E2=80=99s usable for your use case? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.