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bug#65105: Reusing the same string as 'display on consecutive characters
From: |
JD Smith |
Subject: |
bug#65105: Reusing the same string as 'display on consecutive characters evades display |
Date: |
Sat, 5 Aug 2023 18:49:11 -0400 |
That’s probably the right approach. Or even simpler, allocate two identical
strings and alternate. Thanks.
> On Aug 5, 2023, at 6:46 PM, Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev> wrote:
>
> On 05/08/2023 23:49, JD Smith wrote:
>> Aha, thanks. It does make sense from an optimization standpoint to “gang”
>> properties in this manner. Are you aware of any approach that allow
>> re-using a string for ‘display, but permits consecutive intervals to remain
>> distinct?
>
> Overlays? But they have certain performance problems when their number grows.
>
> Or you could try resolving this manually: when the previous character is
> assigned with the same line, do a copy-sequence, and when it's a different
> one, you can use the "singleton" one.