Merging identical functions in GCC

[Steven Bosscher]

Hi,

Isn't this what you describe here the same as COMDAT?

Gr.
Steven



On 9/15/06, Michael Popov <pmike2001@mail.ru> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> There is very good blog post about the problem:
> http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.com/2005/03/duplicate-function-bodies.html
> > A couple of days ago I've learned that the Microsoft linker can merge
> > functions with binary identical bodies. Looks rather good idea,
>  > especially with templates, and it seems that gcc does not implement this.
>
> Will GCC support this feature?
> It might be very useful in some cases, reduce code size and locality.
>
>
> Some info about possible problems can be found here:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/03/22/400373.aspx
>
> So, due to incompatibilities with debugging and C/C++ standards
> this feature should be optional and disabled by default.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>