On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:10:16PM +0200, Moritz Wilhelmy wrote:
Why not just split it, like everybody else does? Plus, other
compilers possibly don't support it. I't quite a convention
for libraries, as far as I know. Instead, you make it work
only with gcc, something you usually complain about as big and
sucky ____ that has more fuss than necessary because of GNU and
ponies. How is that consistent? Does breaking conventions for
static libraries really make it suckless? Isn't portability one
of the goals?
I can give you one single good reason: It takes from 8 to 20
times as long to compile if you split it. That said, I don't use
that kind of GNU extension gunk so I split my files anyway.
And the convention is less common with the advent of dynamic
linking. Only libraries which are explicitly intended for static
linking split their files anymore.
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Kris Maglione
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