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Re: compilation for files > 2Gb
- To: zackw at stanford dot edu (Zack Weinberg)
- Subject: Re: compilation for files > 2Gb
- From: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 05:57:34 +0000 (GMT)
- Cc: egcs at thewrittenword dot com, jakub at redhat dot com (Jakub Jelinek),BLATS at fr dot ibm dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
[about files > 2 GB]
> Honestly, I cannot think of a legitimate reason why anyone would need
> a C(++) source file that large. I could be persuaded otherwise with
> an example, but until one arises, I don't see any need to support them
> in GCC.
I just hope nobody sends an example to the list.