Re: Image cache

[Juri Linkov]

> One certainly doesn't want to do a stat on _every_ reference, as stats
> can be expensive (and the thumbs package will tend to use lots of
> images); I think there would have to be some sort of counter/timer,
> e.g., only stat if more than 30 seconds since the last stat.  However
> as the stat info would give you time information anyway, that should
> be relatively straightforward.

Maybe it would be enough to stat only on image creation.  Only this moment
is problematic now.  Emacs doesn't re-read the image from the file if the
file is cached by its name.

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Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/