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Re: PCH and exec-shield...
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>
- Cc: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>, law at redhat dot com, Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>, David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:14:35 -0500
- Subject: Re: PCH and exec-shield...
- References: <2AF2A084-76FB-11D8-B0DE-003065A77310@apple.com>
>>>>> Mike Stump writes:
Mike> Using a feature that serves no purpose other than to slow down
Mike> compilations can reasonably be considered a bug. By having PCH swizzle
Mike> on load, we permit the introductions of bugs into the compiler. This
Mike> is bad. This is why it hasn't been done.
How does swizzling pointers on load only when the PCH file could
not be loaded at its original location slow down compilations and serve no
purpose? Please make sure that you are considering the entire context of
the proposal.
David