Re: Suggestion: default value of `font-lock-verbose' should be nil

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>> The fontification messages cause noticeable slowdowns on OS X[1] in
>>>> certain situations (e.g. viewing src code blocks in org-mode with
>>>> `org-src-fontify-natively' turned on).
>> FWIW, I use Emacs on Windows. Having zero verbosity does improve the
>> user experience tremedously.
> ISTR a "huge performance increase" in garbage collection that came about
> solely as a result of making garbage-collection-messages default to nil.

I don't remember such a huge increase, but I do remember an immediate
stop to the recurring lament that "Emacs is slow, because of GC".

> Perception is important.

Amen,


        Stefan