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From: | Leo |
Subject: | Re: setting an optimal value of gc-cons-threshold |
Date: | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:59:54 +0100 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.110007 Emacs 23 (20070531) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) |
----- Stephen Berman (2007-06-10) wrote:----- > On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:04:01 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> > wrote: > >>> I found quite a few people in their .emacs setting gc-cons-threshold to >>> a different value than the default 400000. >> >>> I wonder if there is a guidance for setting this value. >> >> Better not touch it. In Emacs-22 we introduced gc-cons-percentage which >> provides the same benefit as increasing gc-cons-threshold but without >> the drawbacks. And without having to fiddle with it. >> >> I.e. I'd recommend users to remove any gc-cons-threshold settings from their >> .emacs. > > Perhaps this recommendation should be mentioned in the manual and > docstrings. I second this. -- Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)
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