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Re: RFC: identifier GC
Tom Tromey wrote:
Richard> Can you measure the effect on compile-time and memory usage
Richard> of this change? I guess building libstdc++ or something
Richard> similar (tramp3d..).
Definitely.
Right; I think this is key. The ugly nocopy bit in the C++ mangling
code was -- at least at one point -- a relatively significant win. I
think that if you look at the history, you'll find this was something we
did in the process of speeding up the C++ front end. If this isn't
measurable anymore, then we needn't care -- but if it is, maybe we
should find a way to fold this into the main interface so that it's not
an ugly on-the-side hack.
Richard> IMHO maintainability (and code readability) should have
Richard> preference over saving an extra pointer per tree identifier.
Ok. I don't really have a feeling for our memory use parameters.
I think this all depends on how much performance we get. If the
ugliness is worth 1%, it's probably worth it; at 0.01% definitely not.
Thanks,
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