> Possible conclusions: Precompiled headers are a waste of time and space. > 22% increase on compile times, ~300% increase on disk space. > > Could somebody please try the same test with a different compiler?
I tried a while ago with gcc 3.4 on linux. Autotools' pch did not show any advantage in compile time. This was why I did not add pch to scons. I heard that pch can do magic to msvc though. Cheers, Bo