Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file

[Ken Raeburn]

> On Dec 11, 2016, at 14:18, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> * Larger obarray.  After startup, my Linux/GNU/X11 build has over
>> * 15k symbols, and my Mac build has over 21k.  The old obarray
>> * size of 1511 meant average chain lengths of over 10 and 14.
>> * Shorter chains mean less time spent in oblookup.  And extra
>> * slots are cheap.
> 
> This may be a good idea, but it has nothing to do with any particular
> method of startup or dumping.  So how about doing it unconditionally?

A few of the changes on this branch would probably improve speed at least a 
tiny bit regardless of the startup method.  This one also has the advantage of 
being a trivial change with, as far as I can see, no down side, so, yeah….

Ken