bugzilla 424 - Unexpected OPTLINK Termination - solved!

[Sergey Gromov]

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:02:59 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:

> Sergey Gromov wrote:
>> Actually, I'm slowly working on a D linker myself.  Writing it in D,
>> from scratch.  My goal is to allow linking a mix of OMF and COFF objects
>> and libraries into the same executable, obviating the need for any
>> conversion.  I wonder if it's feasible to continue my work.  I'm just a
>> couple baby steps beyond the rough design stage.
>> 
>> Well, probably I'll continue anyway, as long as I've got the courage.  I
>> like to re-invent wheels after all.
> 
> Building a linker itself is probably not too useful, given that it'll be 
> hard to compete with optlink. What would be cool, though, is a linker 
> that is able to do more advanced things - like organizing the code to 
> minimize page loading, eliminating functions that are identical except 
> for the name, etc.

It's definitely possible to compete with optlink in maintainability and
extensibility.  :)  As to the optimizations, we'll see if I can pull it
off.