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Re: GCC Release Status (2003-08-22)
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 02:50:55PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
>
> > Compile times are another major story. I'm not sure what the full
> > situation is at this point, and I'm not sure we even know what
> > apples-to-apples means. For example, should we assume people will be
> > using PCH?
>
> I think we should try to make sure that this compiler won't be slower
> even if people don't use PCH, and that when they do use PCH it goes as
> fast as possible. Right now, I'd be quite happy if we just got the
> first part for certain.
Agreed: we should not be assuming that people will be using PCH, it will
take time for people to get used to the new feature, which will in some
cases require code redesign to take full advantage of.