[fpc-devel] Messages overhead

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Op 2010-07-14 17:17, Daniël Mantione het geskryf:
>> IMO compiler messages slow down compilation a lot.
> 
> How do you know this, did you benchmark or is it just your opinion?

A few weeks ago, I benchmarked that too (well similar). I did a comparison
between Kylix 3 and FPC 2.4.x. When I disabled all compiler message output,
FPC compiled the test apps a bit faster that with -va parameter. It wasn't
an exhaustive test by any means, but there was a difference. So I would
imagine Hans has a point, that removing any calls to message output would
reduce compilation even more.


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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