Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r109512: Inline functions to examine and change buffer overlays.

[Stefan Monnier]

> FWIW, the display engine uses this division quite a lot.  If we end up
> removing it, I suggest to time the code with and without it, e.g. by
> timing some modes that are heavy users of overlays.

I don't think we need timings.  We've already had to add some calls to
overlay-recenter following bug-reports of pathologically slow
operations, so there's no doubt that the performance impact would be
a problem.


        Stefan