-combine option for C++ sources‏

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Pramod Joisha <pramod_joisha@hotmail.com> writes:

> Presently, the -combine option works only for C sources. I was
> wondering whether there are technical reasons for not supporting it
> for C++ sources. If not, are there plans for providing this support in
> the near future?

As a historical note, Geoff Keating, who implemented -combine for C, was
working on -combine for C++ when his employer, Apple, decided to halt
contributions to gcc.  I don't know how far he got or whether he would
be able to share his patches.

Ian