Re: Reliable after-change-functions (via: Using incremental parsing in Emacs)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:11:22 -0400
> 
> > I still don't see why it would need the entire buffer for this class
> > of applications.  Did anyone try the alternatives, in particular on
> > very large buffers?
> 
> What alternatives?

Let tree-sitter see just a portion of the buffer, like the outer block
of what will be displayed in the window.  You are saying that this is
impossible, but do tree-sitter developers also say that?

> How large is "very large" here?

xdisp.c comes to mind, obviously.