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bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:29:16 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Threads aren't truly parallel. The user can't do anything while the
> thread is running.
I think the idea is to build the printout while the user is reading the
docstring (for example). The loop that prints would have regular
`yield` calls so that as soon as not to block other operations.
> I wonder if we could just hook this into scrolling somehow?
We definitely could (at least, there's no fundamental reason why we
can't insert the text from a jit-lock thingy, although modifying the
buffer text from jit-lock might trigger some latent bugs).
> As mentioned in https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21717#8,
> it breaks circularity. Try describing this variable:
> (defvar circular-list
> (let ((l (number-sequence 1 100)))
> (setcdr (last l) l)
> l)
> "A circular list that has problems with (mapc 'pp val).")
That's why I think the (mapc #'pp) trick is an interesting observation
(it points to a performance bug that should be easy to fix) but is not
a solution in itself.
Stefan
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/11
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Stefan Monnier, 2017/03/11
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Thierry Volpiatto, 2017/03/11
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/11
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Drew Adams, 2017/03/11
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Thierry Volpiatto, 2017/03/12
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Stefan Monnier, 2017/03/12
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/12
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Drew Adams, 2017/03/12
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables,
Stefan Monnier <=
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/12
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/13
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/13
- bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, npostavs, 2017/03/15
bug#25122: 24.5; function describe-variable hangs on large variables, Thierry Volpiatto, 2017/03/11