Re: Patch: Syntax and Hard Newlines

[Miles Bader]

"Herbert Euler" <address@hidden> writes:
>>       (progn (insert-before-markers (propertize "\n" 'syntax-table '(0)))
>>              ...)
>
> Will this create a lot of temporary string object
> with "\n" as content and '(syntax-table (0)) as
> property?  This may cause problem when the
> file is large.

Why not put it in a defconst?

(defconst xxx-soft-newline (propertize "\n" 'syntax-table '(0)))

...

    (progn (insert-before-markers xxx-soft-newline)
           ...)

-Miles
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