FSharp.Interactive.Session.bufferEvent causing UI delays that are 5 > x >= 2 seconds

[cartermp]

From my UI delays:

This function is the source:
https://github.com/Microsoft/visualfsharp/blob/fead0aac540485683f694524eadad79983ec28d9/vsintegration/src/FSharp.VS.FSI/sessions.fs#L80-L124

I believe the whole thing runs on the UI thread which isn't inherently bad, but a >=2 second delay is a bit much.

[abelbraaksma]

Does this happen when you type in FSI inside VS? Or is this called when typing in the main code window, inside some large project?

[cartermp]

This is inside VS only, and based on my understanding, when you interact with the FSI window there:

https://github.com/Microsoft/visualfsharp/blob/fead0aac540485683f694524eadad79983ec28d9/vsintegration/src/FSharp.VS.FSI/fsiSessionToolWindow.fs#L212-L215

[jackmott]

Maybe a concurrentqueue would perform better here?

[cartermp]

I doubt a ConcurrentQueue would help. It runs this routine on the UI thread.

[jackmott]

What are the locks for? Just in case the Timer fires off the function at overlapping intervals? Could we make that impossible and not need locks?

Alternatively could we use the C# Queue here instead of a linkedlist for better memory locality?