Re: why is the line-number-mode option commented ?
Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
Blame Chuck, not Jamie. It is commented out because it has never
been implemented efficiently -- its current implementation is
quadratic on large files, which is very bad.
I've implemented it efficiently for 21.0 (look at src/line-number.c.)
So it's safe to promote it.
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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