> From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 14:23:53 +0100 > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > > > > First, check that the Perl extension modules are actually being used. Try > > > setting the TEXINFO_XS environment variable to "require" or "debug". > > > > I don't need to do that, I already verified that extensions are used > > when I worked on the pretests (which, as you might remember, caused > > Perl to crash at first). > > I'd expected so, just wanted to make sure.
Surprise: running with TEXINFO_XS=omit _reduces_ the elapsed time of producing the Emacs ELisp manual from 1:21.16 to 0:36.97. Disabling Unicode::Collate on top of that has almost no effect (about 1 sec). What do you think I should try next?