Re: Display of undisplayable characters: \U01F3A8 instead of diamond

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:56:00 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> Does there have to be generated code involved? I was
> >> thinking it could be static code acting on generated and
> >> cached data.
> >
> > Why does it matter?
> 
> Observe ...
> 
> Situation: You want to do this, f(x) = y.
> 
> Problem: f(x) is expensive to compute.
> 
> Solution: Compute it ONCE, then store f = ((x y) ...) in
> a cache data file, so next time f(x) = y is needed, instead of
> computing f(x) again search the data file - search, which
> _isn't_ expensive.

And I ask again: why does it matter whether you record a program or
its data, when the program is in Lisp, where data and code are the
same?

> People don't want auto-insertions by Emacs into files they
> edit or view, some very short data file somewhere on the disk
> where they never go they don't know/care about, even.

That's not what I conclude from user reaction to features that write
non-temporary files.

Anyway, this discussion has exhausted itself, so I'll bow out of it.