Re: A question about read syntax and compiled backreferences

[Stefan Monnier]

>> 16 minutes, to be precise.  Without print-circle, it takes just a couple
>> of seconds.

> Take a look at this thread:

> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2007-01/msg00470.html

> Kenichi has a patch to turn print-circle checking off via local
> variables. It is not yet installed.

BTW, maybe it would be worth it to try and investigate why it gets so much
slower: we may be able to fix the slowdown rather than circumvent it.


        Stefan