bug#57447: 28.1.90; Can font-lock stop requesting fontification of invisible text?

[Ihor Radchenko]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> I am wondering if something like font-lock-extend-region-functions may
>>> be utilized to shrink the fontification boundaries.
>> I don't know.  Maybe Stefan does.
>
> The short answer is: no.
> [ Tho I don't understand how the question relates to the text before
>   it: reducing the size of a chunk wouldn't reduce the number of times
>   fontification-functions is called.  ]

The aim is skipping invisible text during fontification.

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