Does dmd's -i "include imported modules in the compilation" switch generate object files?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2020-11-03 20:02, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> I believe -i behaves as though you manually typed the names of the
> source files on the command line.  So it would do what the compiler
> would usually do in the latter case.

Yes, this is correct.

> AFAIK, that means it loads everything into memory and produces only a
> single object file for the final executable. Separate compilation only
> happens if you invoke the compiler separately for each source file or
> group of source files.

If the `-c` flag is passed, the compiler will produce one object file 
for each source file. If the `-c` flag is **not** passed, it will 
produce one executable and one single object file.

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/Jacob Carlborg