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Re: Improving resizehistents()

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From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Workers <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Improving resizehistents()
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:14:03 +0000
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On Feb 12,  6:00pm, Wayne Davison wrote:
}
[...]
} possible that we could scan the start of the history list once for
} every line we remove.  While I could complicate the function and
} make it possible for the scan to continue where it left off, I
} decided to leave it simple (and inefficient).

My intuition is that you've made the right choice, but I know there are
some people out there using HISTSIZE into the many thousands.  How big
can the history get before this creates a noticeable delay?

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Bart Schaefer                                 Brass Lantern Enterprises
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