On 2005-04-11, at 14:01, Andrew Haley wrote:
Nathan Sidwell writes:Andrew Haley wrote:Nathan Sidwell writes:Andrew Haley wrote:
Might it still be possible for a front end to force all pending code
to be generated, even with -fno-unit-at-a-time gone?
I think this is a bad idea. You're essentially asking for the backend
to retain all the functionality of -fno-unit-at-a-time.
OK. So, what else?As steven asked, I'd like to understand why this is not a problem for the C++ community. There are several alternatives
1) The C++ programs are smaller than the java programs
That's my guess. Usually, C++ users compile one source file at a time, whereas Java users find it convenient to compile a whole archive.
If it is an archive the answer would be to change gcc.c to recognize this
and to let it compile the archive one item at a time. (.jar).
