[fpc-devel]A way to speed up make cycle: A smaller rtl

[Vincent Snijders]

Hi,

Lately a number of units were added to the rtl, e.g. strutils, matrix
and convutils. AFAIK these units are not needed by the compiler, but
they still are compiled and recompiled in the make cycle of the
compiler.

Why don't you spilt up the rtl in a part needed by the compiler and the
other units? That way those utility units don't need to be recompiled so
much. You can also move them to the FCL or packages.

Another option may be to have a special make target for the rtl, that
only makes the units for the RTL (e.g make compilerrtl). That way the
RTL can remain as feature-rich as it is, but it doesn't slow down the
compilation of a new compiler.

Regards,
Vincent.
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