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Re: [lto][RFC] Do not emit hybrid object files
- From: "Andrew Pinski" <pinskia at gmail dot com>
- To: "Diego Novillo" <dnovillo at google dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, "Kenneth Zadeck" <zadeck at naturalbridge dot com>, "Jan Hubicka" <jh at suse dot cz>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:09:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: [lto][RFC] Do not emit hybrid object files
- References: <b798aad50810171207p590042dep1bba8d304ebeb9ac@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com> wrote:
> We are currently emitting object files that contain both final code
> and IL. I believe this is wasteful and does not really serve a useful
> purpose. However, I think we started emitting hybrid object files for
> some reason. Does anyone remember why?
Yes, so you can just link the files without any LTO at all. That is
you can have the object files act like real object files in the
process of compiling.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski