> I wonder if it makes sense to get rid of the conditional compile such as > > #ifdef L_gcov_xxxxx > .. > > #endif > > This has the advantage of producing slightly smaller instrumented > binary, but this benefit can also be achieved via -ffunction-sections > and let linker to garbage collect unused functions. > > (probably as a follow up if it makes sense).
I believe we use this funny scheme primarily for targets that have no function section support (and also the hand made splitting can be more sane). For a low-level library like libgcov is that is supposed to have small footprint, I guess the current scheme is resonable thing to do.... Honza
