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Re: Handling large files with emacs lisp?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Handling large files with emacs lisp? |
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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:02:35 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Is there a method in emacs lisp to handle large files (hundreds of MB)
> efficiently?
Not really, no. The closest is vlf.el, available from the GNU ELPA.
> Using the BEG and END parameters of `insert-file-contents' however has
> a linear time-dependence on BEG.
I don't know of such a time-dependence. What makes you think so?
Stefan