The functions in pandoc.layout call into Haskell, which makes them
slower than normal Lua functions. Lua strings are treated as if they
were created with literal by all these functions, making the calls
redundant.
This change reduces the writer's run-time by about ⅓ in my tests.
jgm
commented
2 years ago
The functions in
pandoc.layoutcall into Haskell, which makes them slower than normal Lua functions. Lua strings are treated as if they were created withliteralby all these functions, making the calls redundant.This change reduces the writer's run-time by about ⅓ in my tests.