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

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 01.07.2018 um 20:49 schrieb 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.

Yes, but this needs to be profiled in detail.