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


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: setting an optimal value of gc-cons-threshold
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:19:14 +0300

> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:41:59 +0200
> From: Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org>
> CC: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Jabber-ID: xma01@jabber.fr
> 
>    The answer, based on experience in both increasing and decreasing the
>    value, is to use the default.  It is tuned quite well to strike the
>    balance between too frequent GCs and ones that are far apart, but take
>    an annoyingly long time.
> 
> Although I think you are right, I remember having been advised to
> do so

To do what?

> after having encountered errors such as with `max-specpdl-size'
> being too small/high (depending on the case).  Does it sound
> possible to you ?

If you are asking whether it would make sense to change the GC limit
after max-specpdl-size errors, then no, I don't see any connection
between those two.




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