[fpc-devel] Unit dependencies

[Adriaan van Os]

Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote:

>> You are right, of course. What I mean is — is the compiler waiting for 
>> that process to finiish ? It would have to wait before starting the 
>> linking phase, but not before starting compiling other units.
> 
> It would make the logic quite complex. Not all platforms can handle 
> this, sometimes the internal assembler is used, you have to make sure 
> not to launch 200 assembler processes at once etc.
> The current approach has the advantage of simplicity.
> 
> Traditionally, make is used to parallelize (and fpmake supports it).

Yes, I have been thinking in that direction, create a rule where .o depends on and is created from 
.s. But then, you need a hardcoded list of units in the Makeffile ?

Regards,

Adriaan van Os