Re: Some experience with the igc branch

[Gerd Möllmann]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
>> Cc: pipcet@protonmail.com,  ofv@wanadoo.es,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>>   eller.helmut@gmail.com,  acorallo@gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:57:32 +0100
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> > I guess I'm yearning for some commentary in igc.c, not unlike what you
>> > wrote in xdisp.c at the time, which would explain the basics, like
>> > what are roots, what's the purpose of all those root_create_SOMETHING
>> > functions, what's the difference between exact and ambiguous roots,
>> > etc.  Because currently we are not too spoiled by comments in igc.c.
>> 
>> Would a reference to the MPS Guide
>> 
>>   https://memory-pool-system.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/index.html#
>> 
>> help?
>
> Not really.  Their documentation is (a) too vague/abstract/circular
> (i.e., stuff is not explained for itself, but instead they
> cross-reference to some other stuff -- e.g., try to understand what is
> a "root"), and (b) not specific to Emacs, so the relation between MPS
> terminology and Emacs objects is missing.

Too bad. In that case, I guess I should consider to begin to think about
planning to start to try write something up. That's a bit like pulling
teeth, TBH. Don't know how long that will take.