Re: [Emacs-diffs] master fbda511: Fix cps--gensym

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Why?  As the comment above says, if you want the more readable names,
>> you should use the other line of code.  The default one is aimed at
>> being more efficient (both cpu-use-wise and memory-use-wise),
> I changed it because the expansion of iter-lambda etc. was difficult to
> read.

Right, and as the comment say, when you want to read the expansion, you
should use the other code (the one that uses cl-gensym+format).

> I don't understand the efficiency issue so the change may be a
> mistake. Could you elaborate on what the issue is? Thanks.

format is already significantly more expensive than make-symbol, so
obviously, make-symbol + format will be even worse.


        Stefan