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

[Vincent Snijders]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Michael Van Canneyt [mailto:michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Vincent Snijders wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Actually, I once already proposed this last option to the
> core group. I believe the argument was at that time that most
> computers nowadays are fast enough to do the whole cycle so
> fast that the difference is neglectible.