[SVN] OCaml syntax highlight SLOW

Benjamin Ylvisaker benjaminy at fastmail.fm
Tue Oct 10 20:44:38 UTC 2006


On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:58:06 +0200
Allan Odgaard <throw-away-1 at macromates.com> wrote:

> On 10. Oct 2006, at 20:52, Benjamin Ylvisaker wrote:
> 
> > [...] Should it not be possible to cache syntax highlighting  
> > information, so that it doesn't have to be recomputed every time  
> > one switches between unmodified files in a project?
> 
> It does do that -- do you lose the coloring when you switch? It
> might be that TextMate thinks your file is modified then. If that is
> the case, what file system are you using? I’ve had users experience
> this problem with the UFS because it appears to have somewhat broken
> “last modified” handling.

You're right (of course), the coloring does remain when I switch
between open tabs.  However, the CPU definitely spikes for a couple of
seconds, so it must be recomputing something.

Benjamin



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