Re: Indentation and gc

[Gregor Zattler]

Hi Eli,
* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2023-03-14; 14:30 +02]:
>> From: Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>
>> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:14:28 +0100
>>
>> Since you provide emacs-uptime at session end, I think
>> it would be useful to know total Emacs idle time also.
>> I have no idea if that's feasible, though.
>
> Why would it be useful, and what kind of information can we glean from
> that?

I thought about what you wrote in an earlier email: XXX
garbage collections, meaning say one very minute, since
you were using it only half the time.

> I'm guessing that you assume when Emacs is idle it cannot possibly
> cons any memory (which is true), but my point is different: did you
> really see any production Emacs session that stays idle for prolonged
> times?  E.g., in the session where I'm typing this I have 10 timers, 5
> of which run at least once every 10 sec, and 3 run 2 or more times a
> second.

OK, when emacs is not idle in the above mentioned
sense, then it makes no sense.



Ciao; Gregor