bug#24205: 25.1.50; Re-display issue (lag) when opening certain files [sml-mode]

[Andreas Schwab]

On Aug 11 2016, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:53:05 +0000
>> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
>> 
>> The file has to contain just this sml comment:
>> 
>> =====
>> (* ''a is a special equality type (it is not the same as the generic 'a 
>> type. It *) 
>> ===== 
>> 
>> I cannot figure out what's special about this comment that freaks the 
>> re-display.
>
> Most probably the unbalanced parentheses.  Something in sml-mode
> causes the display engine to hit on that many times.

Maybe because comments in SML can be nested.

Andreas.

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