DMD 1.030 and 2.014 releases
Walter Bright
newshound1 at digitalmars.com
Sat May 17 00:59:42 PDT 2008
Robert Fraser wrote:
> Thanks for the release!
>
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> The library build option has another major coolness feature - before,
>> one module compiles to one object file. With library build, one source
>> file can compile to multiple object files. This cuts down on
>> executable bloat from pulling in object files with irrelevant stuff in
>> them.
>>
>> Another build improvement is when multiple modules are compiled at the
>> same time to build an executable, only one object file is created with
>> the generated code for all modules combined into it. This speeds
>> linking, and also eliminates pointless file detritus.
>
> How does this affect incremental build tools a la DSSS/rebuild or bud?
It shouldn't affect them. But they can now offer the option of building
multiple objects per source file.
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