On processors for D

[Sean Kelly]

Walter Bright wrote:
> 
> I must say I'm surprised that 15+ year old linker technology that is 
> easy to implement and once upon a time was much discussed (idiotically 
> dubbed 'smart linking') seems to have fallen by the wayside.
> 
> At least the linkers D uses (optlink and newer versions of ld) support 
> it. Optlink does it by default, and ld via a badly underdocumented 
> obscure switch.

I think this is one cause of the confusion about how Optlink behaves. 
But I do think that it is quite reasonable to expect such behavior, much 
as one expects optimization features in compilers.


Sean