Re: Elisp native profiler

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:11:40 -0400
> 
> >> and adding a test on a global variable to functions like `car'
> >> doesn't sound like a good idea.
> > Why not?
> 
> Because it would slow down `car' even when the profiler is not running.

OK, let me rephrase: why not add such a test to any primitive which is
large enough to make an addition of a test negligible for its run time?