On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:19:07AM +0200, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: > This patch avoids doing a full rebreak on buffer switching, which is the > reason for the existence of the TextCache. > The removed full rebreak is unneeded: it is done in every case (except from > buffer switching) above in the same function. > > The update seems also to be unneeded, as caller functions do it anyways. > > The fact that this has gone unnoticed maybe raises a question on the > usefullness of the TextCache?
I don't think it is needed anymore. [I think it was just there to cure the symptoms of a slow full rebreak in a 'recursive update world'. If we ever run in such a problem again we should make the rebreak faster, not use a cache.] I would be glad if you tried to remove the TextCach entirely. Andre'
