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bug#13032: 24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#13032: 24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command |
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Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:49:29 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> The ADJACENT argument is an optimization that doesn't require
>> additional memory (to store previous lines in the cache).
>> This is necessary when the user needs to delete duplicate lines
>> in a large sorted file.
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> Ah, good point. I guess that the optimization is twofold: in memory
> and also in performance. Then, IMO this should be explained in the
> docstring, so that users know that they should use this feature when
> running this command over a large chunk of lines.
Thanks for the suggestion, I added this as well.