Re: Opportunistic GC

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 14:57:06 +0000
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Once in a while, every few days or so, GC happens at an inconvenient
> time to me. I'd like to interrupt it, but I can't. I'd like for Emacs
> not to become unresponsive while it's mark-and-sweeping, but it is.
> Sometimes, I end up killing Emacs rather than waiting for GC to
> complete.

I'm aware of the issues we have with the current GC, but those issues
don't automatically endorse _any_ alternative.  The alternative must
make sense, be scalable, and have other useful properties before we
decide it's worth our while.