Re: Question about bignum usage

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:34:22 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Why not?  Time values are known to produce bignums, yes.  
> 
> Ok.
> 
> > What does list-timers show on that system?
> 
>                1.0s         5.0s auto-revert-buffers
>                5.4s            - undo-auto--boundary-timer
>            4m 19.0s           5m persistent-scratch-save
>    *           0.1s            t show-paren-function
>    *           0.5s            t posframe-hidehandler-daemon-function
>    *           0.5s            t #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 
> -0x181a979fe3c9ba30> [jit-lock--antiblink-grace-timer 
> jit-lock-context-fontify])
>    *           0.5s      :repeat blink-cursor-start
>    *           1.0s            t which-key--update

This means we check for expired times every 100 msec, so yes, we will
create a lot of bignums.  I see something similar here as well.