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Subject: Re: font-lock, hanging defun's
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Date: 10 Jul 1997 20:45:27 -0700
In-Reply-To: Bill Dubuque's message of "Thu, 10 Jul 1997 20:10:54 -0400"
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>>>>> Bill Dubuque writes:

    Bill> The comment is correct: if you remove the bol anchor by
    Bill> changing the regexp from "^(def..." to "(def..." it will
    Bill> cause a radical slowdown 
	[...]
    Bill> -Bill Dubuque

 You tell me and we'll both know...  I know very little about how
font-lock happens.  Now I know a little bit more.  :-)

