Re: Is Elisp really that slow?

[Ergus]

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 05:45:48PM +0300, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 15.05.2019 17:18, �scar Fuentes wrote:
>
> > comment-dwin != comment-region
>
> Is the latter better frequently enough? If yes, why don't we have it 
> in other modes?
>
> > In principle, fixing those would be beneficial. OTOH, forcing existing
> > users to adapt just for the cause of coherence with modes they don't use
> > is not desirable either.
>
> It's an investment in the future. Future users, at least. Or existing 
> users who use some major modes and would benefit from consistency when 
> trying out new ones. E.g. I don't use CC Mode often, and when I do, 
> it's a whole new universe.
+1000 points to this comment from my side.

> > I think I already explained the issue, but I'll put it this way: what
> > you would do about C-c C-c on C-Mode and how that would help their
> > users?
>
> Pretty much what you suggested. Remove the binding and mention that in 
> NEWS, together with the existing alternative.
>
> Some users might be upset, most won't care, and some will be educated 
> about the better alternative. The binding would also be freed for some 
> feature in the future, like C-REPL maybe.