GCC Status Report (2004-09-13) [--enable-mapped-location]

[Mark Mitchell]

Per Bothner wrote:

> That brings us to the Big Question: with C, C++, Fortran, Java, and
> Objc (I think - needs testing) all handling --enable-mapped-location,
> we may consider making it the default for 4.0.

If it works, and is efficient, I think that would make sense.  That was 
certainly my goal in including your project in the timeline.

>   (Converting Ada is
> not done, but it doesn't look like a major job.)  That assumes I get
> help fixing a few minor regressions.  The advantage of doing that is
> of course is that we don't have to fight against with rot with
> --enable-mapped-location.  Since I have limited volunteer time to
> spend on Gcc, I really don't want to be responsible for making
> sure other people's check-ins don't break --enable-mapped-location
> for as long as stage3 lasts.

I think there's an even bigger question: if --enable-mapped-location 
works, why have it be an option?  Why not just have it on all the time?

Do you have any performance measurements with the option enabled at this 
point?

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