Re: Does network data really cons strings?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jesper Harder wrote:

> I was a bit surprised to see that network data (or any data received
> from processes) conses Lisp strings.
>
> Is it just a quirk of `memory-use-counts' or is it for real?  Why does
> it need to cons Lisp strings if the data is only inserted in a buffer?

So that the data is available to the process filter?


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Kevin Rodgers