Nathan Sidwell writes:
Andrew Haley wrote:
Nathan Sidwell writes:
Andrew Haley wrote:
Might it still be possible for a front end to force all pending
code
to be generated, even with -fno-unit-at-a-time gone?
I think this is a bad idea. You're essentially asking for the
backend
to retain all the functionality of -fno-unit-at-a-time.
OK. So, what else?
As steven asked, I'd like to understand why this is not a problem
for the C++ community. There are several alternatives
1) The C++ programs are smaller than the java programs
That's my guess. Usually, C++ users compile one source file at a
time, whereas Java users find it convenient to compile a whole
archive.