Re: setting an optimal value of gc-cons-threshold

[Leo]

----- Stephen Berman (2007-06-10) wrote:-----

> On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:04:01 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> 
> wrote:
>
>>> I found quite a few people in their .emacs setting gc-cons-threshold to
>>> a different value than the default 400000.
>>
>>> I wonder if there is a guidance for setting this value.
>>
>> Better not touch it.  In Emacs-22 we introduced gc-cons-percentage which
>> provides the same benefit as increasing gc-cons-threshold but without
>> the drawbacks.  And without having to fiddle with it.
>>
>> I.e. I'd recommend users to remove any gc-cons-threshold settings from their
>> .emacs.
>
> Perhaps this recommendation should be mentioned in the manual and
> docstrings.

I second this.

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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)