bug in emacs python mode with long documents?

Paul Winkler slinkp23 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 22 00:47:31 EST 2001


On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:37:52 +2328, Fernando Pérez <fperez528 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Has anyone else noticed the following problem? I have a long class (about 
>1000 lines). When working on code towards the bottom, opening new lines, 
>indenting or deindenting takes forever. Xemacs will go crazy backtracking up 
>the code, and my cpu usage will go to 100% for up to 10 seconds, freezing 
>emacs completely (800 Mhz PIII).
>
>I know it's a long class and in fact I need to reorganize it, but that's 
>besides the point. I can't see an editor which is incapable of handling 
>classes longer than 1000 lines! And certainly not 'the beast' Xemacs :)
>
>For reference, I'm using:  [version 21.4; April 2001] on a Mandrake box.
>
>If  anyone knows of a bugfix to the python mode, I'd greatly appreciate 
>hearing about it.
>
>Cheers,
>
>f.



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