Rod> Jamie, do you intend to include the second part of the patch
Rod> in BBDB distribution (the part that allows the STRING field
Rod> of the auto-notes-alist record to be a string, integer or
Rod> function) ?
Jamie> Sure, looks fine.
Joe> Here is a small suggestion. If the item is a function, the
Joe> function should be called with a buffer and region rather than
Joe> with a string, to avoid making strings.
Rod> As `fieldval' is already available as a string (it is made on line
Rod> 345 of bbdb-hooks.el), why is it better to pass a buffer and region
Rod> ?
In that case it is no worse but BBDB should really be rewritten to do
about 10 times less string creation. The way BBDB makes strings with
abandon is a major reason why it is so slow.
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