Re: Problems preloading x-win.el (was: Next release)

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

  > >>> Then that would be the solution to the problem that the X11 build
  > >>> does not bootstrap on Darwin.
  > >> Doesn't it?  I have missed the corresponding discussion, sorry.  Is
  > >> there some detailed info about it somewhere?
  > 
  > > This one.
  > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-04/msg02165.html
  > 
  > I must be missing something: this message seems to give the solution
  > (i.e. "increase the room for load commands").
  > 
  > >> If delaying the load of x-win.el resolves this problem, then maybe
  > >> it's a good solution.  It would be good to try and figure out what's
  > >> the root cause of the problem, tho, of course.
  > >>> It would also reduce the required STATIC_HEAP_SIZE in sheap.c for
  > >>> Cygwin.
  > >> Does preloading x-win.el make a large difference here?  If so, does
  > >> anybody know why?
  > 
  > Maybe because x-win.el causes a lot of memory allocation?

Is there any evidence of that?
"pure bytes used" on GNU/Linux when preloading term/x-win:
1209573 pure bytes used

when not preloading term/x-win:
1194741 pure bytes used

~16KB does not seem excessive.