[fpc-devel] Maximum symbol length -- answer needed

[Jonas Maebe]

On 01/07/18 20:27, Florian Klaempfl wrote:
> Am 23.06.2018 um 10:48 schrieb Jonas Maebe:
>> I doubt this is a major contributor to that fact (especially since
>> implicit exception frames are disabled for the compiler binary, so
>> ansistrings don't result in extra exception frames).
> 
> I tested on x86_64-linux and the increase is around 10 % for make cycle.
> So it cannot be neglected imo.

Many compiler helpers still use "string" or "shortstring" 
parameters/results/local variables, so there are still quite a few type 
conversions going on from shortstring to ansistring.


Jonas