Speed up find_field when called from outside a field

* src/editfns.c (find_field): Speed up the field functions when
called from outside a field (bug#52593).  (In some cursory tests,
this makes the called-from-outside-a-field case about 3x faster.)

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 5c9c34dc352..355a7a3e299 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -437,6 +437,27 @@ find_field (Lisp_Object pos, Lisp_Object merge_at_boundary,
 
   after_field
     = get_char_property_and_overlay (pos, Qfield, Qnil, NULL);
+
+  /* We're not in a field, so find the prev/next area with a field
+     property.  */
+  if (NILP (after_field))
+    {
+      if (beg)
+        {
+          Lisp_Object p = Fprevious_single_char_property_change (pos, Qfield,
+                                                                 Qnil,
+                                                                 beg_limit);
+          *beg = NILP (p) ? BEGV : XFIXNAT (p);
+        }
+      if (end)
+        {
+          Lisp_Object p = Fnext_single_char_property_change (pos, Qfield, Qnil,
+                                                             end_limit);
+          *end = NILP (p) ? ZV : XFIXNAT (p);
+        }
+      return;
+    }
+
   before_field
     = (XFIXNAT (pos) > BEGV
        ? get_char_property_and_overlay (make_fixnum (XFIXNUM (pos) - 1),