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Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work
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Dave Love |
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Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work |
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Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:23:28 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.1005 (Gnus v5.10.5) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> It makes no sense to think about unload-feature in terms
> of the cl package.
I don't think that's actually true; it's just not worth the effort,
and isn't an issue when you follow the Emacs conventions. (I did toy
with the idea of making it work.)
> However, the motive for unload-feature had to do with
> reclaiming memory.
It's also rather useful during development.
> With the other changes in size of machines,
> size of disks, and size of Emacs address space, maybe that is
> pointless.
Emacs memory requirements, coupled with its poor GC, are certainly
significant in the situations I typically use it. That was even a
motivation for me working on the GC. Since no one else appears to be
interested, I assume this doesn't apply to developers, but perhaps
they don't have a sufficiently wide perspective. (I'm currently in 32
MB.)
As it happens, I do occasionally unload a Gnus feature which leaks.
That typically reduces the number of used conses from ~1M to ~300k and
means GC then doesn't typically thrash on my work system though it
leaves a lot of unused ones.
--
The ultimate computing slogan is "Your Mileage May Vary".
-- Richard O' Keefe
- the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Dave Love, 2004/01/05
- the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Luc Teirlinck, 2004/01/05
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Dave Love, 2004/01/06
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Richard Stallman, 2004/01/07
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Dave Love, 2004/01/09
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Luc Teirlinck, 2004/01/09
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Richard Stallman, 2004/01/11
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Kevin Rodgers, 2004/01/12
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work,
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- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Simon Josefsson, 2004/01/16
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Richard Stallman, 2004/01/16
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Simon Josefsson, 2004/01/16
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Dave Love, 2004/01/16
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Dave Love, 2004/01/12
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Richard Stallman, 2004/01/11
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Dave Love, 2004/01/15
- Re: the ...-unload-hook convention doesn't work, Richard Stallman, 2004/01/16