Re: Some experience with the igc branch

[Pip Cet]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:39:41 +0000
>> From: Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, gerd.moellmann@gmail.com, ofv@wanadoo.es, 
>> emacs-devel@gnu.org, eller.helmut@gmail.com, acorallo@gnu.org
>>
>> "Benjamin Riefenstahl" <b.riefenstahl@turtle-trading.net> writes:
>>
>> The allocation thread approach should work for all of them.  If we have
>> stdatomic.h, performance should be acceptable.
>
> We should carefully discuss the design and its implications before we
> conclude that this is an idea that is good enough to justify such a
> significant change.  If nothing else, it throws out the window several
> months of everyone's experience with the current implementation.

I mostly agree, though I think to say that we throw out months of
experience is to overestimate the magnitude of the change a bit.

I'll push the bugfix I found, but I won't push this until there's some
sort of consensus about whether it's a good idea (we seem to be close to
a consensus that it isn't necessary or desirable; I'm the only one who
disagrees with that, and I can live with the "not desirable" part if
someone can convince me this change isn't necessary).

Pip