Re: compiled lisp file format (Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file)

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "KR" == Ken Raeburn <address@hidden> writes:

KR> I haven’t had much time to further the work on the big-elc approach
KR> recently, but there is one idea I want to toss out there for possibly
KR> improving the load time further: Changing the .elc file format to a binary
KR> one. I’m not talking about a memory image like Daniel is working on. I
KR> mean a file representing a sequence of S-expressions, but optimized for
KR> loading speed rather than for human readability.

I would like to see this; I can't think of a reason not to encode the
information in the best format for loading.

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