Re: Plea for minimal tagbits

Olivier Galibert <galibert(a)pobox.com&gt; writes: I don't think minimal tagbits should be default, because I don't see any good reasons to make them so before the new dumper is written. Yes, performance is equivalent (although I don't remember any actual study), but memory usage is not. Minimal tagbits consume more memory for conses. This will be fixed by Kyle's dumper, which will not dump free lists. 31-bit integers are nice, but they are hardly that important to a normal user. Even so, the configure option is documented in NEWS, so the interesting parties will be able to test it. Removing the old code is an even worse idea. While I personally prefer the code with less #ifdef's, being able to run regression tests is *crucial*. With the new dumper in place, it will be even more important for tracking dumper bugs. I won't comment the first reason, but if you want to purify XEmacs, nothing stops you from using minimal tagbits. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Sauron is alive in Argentina!