bug#41242: Port feature/native-comp to Windows

[Nicolas Bértolo]

> What is the state of your paperwork?  I guess still ongoing am I
> correct?

I have already sent the signed form. I haven't got a response yet.

El mié., 13 may. 2020 a las 16:56, Andrea Corallo (<akrl@sdf.org>) escribió:
>
> Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > The attached patches contain changes to make the feature/native-comp branch 
> > work
> > on Windows.
> >
> > There are a few remaining issues:
> >
> > * The loading process is very slow. This is especially annoying when coupled
> >   with autoloading. For example, autoloading Helm may stall Emacs for 5 
> > seconds
> >   in my machine.
> >
> >   I have thought a possible solution to this problem: load the byte-compiled
> >   file and put the native-compiled version in a list. Then load that list 
> > one by
> >   one on an idle-timer, that way the UI freezes should be minimized. This 
> > could
> >   reuse the "late loading" machinery implemented for deferred compilation.
>
> That's an option, but before implementing any machinery base on a timers
> we need to profile to understand where we are loosing the time.
>
> The timer is a mitigation but will still freeze the editor so it's a
> last resource.
>
> What is the state of your paperwork?  I guess still ongoing am I
> correct?
>
> Thanks
>
>   Andrea
>
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> akrl@sdf.org