Re: self-insert-command advice is not called when command is run

[Richard Stallman]

    > self-insert-command is handled specially by the command loop.

    Is it actually useful nowadays?  Couldn't we get rid of this optimization?

I am not sure.  Yes, computers are faster.  But this is the most common
command in Emacs--most of the keystrokes are this command.

However, it would be ok to verify that the command has not been
redefined from its normal value, before executing it directly.  That
way the optimization would still apply in normal circumstances.