[fpc-devel] Unit dependencies

[Adriaan van Os]

Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/3/26 11:27, Adriaan van Os via fpc-devel wrote:
>> It seems, that if I make any change in  a unit file, even if it is 
>> just a comment, then the change triggers a recompile of all dependent 
>> units. In theory, only a relevant change of the interface ABI of a 
>> unit would need to trigger a recompile of dependent units. Has this 
>> ever been considered  (or even implemented) ?
> 
> I'm currently looking into it.

That's great !

Another question. Has anybody considered running the external assembly (e.g. on macOS) in a 
separate process ? That would greatly reduce build times of large projects.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os