+ ;; `decode-coding-string' in Emacs offers a third optional
+ ;; arg NOCOPY to avoid consing a new string if the decoding
+ ;; is "trivial". Unfortunately it currently doesn't
+ ;; consider anything else than a `nil' coding system
+ ;; trivial.
+ ;; `rfc2047-decode-string' is called multiple times for each
+ ;; article during summary buffer generation, and we really
+ ;; want to avoid unnecessary consing. So we bypass
+ ;; `decode-coding-string' if the string is purely ASCII.
+ (if (and (fboundp 'detect-coding-string)
+ ;; string is purely ASCII
+ (eq (detect-coding-string string t) 'undecided))
+ string
+ (mm-decode-coding-string string mail-parse-charset))