Why C++ compiles slowly

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:58:57 -0400, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> With profiling enabled, gprof outputs this as the top hitters:
>>   Flat profile:
>>  Each sample counts as 0.01 seconds.
>>   %   cumulative   self              self     total
>>  time   seconds   seconds    calls  ms/call  ms/call  name
>>  77.76      6.68     6.68     2952     2.26     2.26   
>> elf_findstr(Outbuffer*, char const*, char const*)
>>   2.10      6.86     0.18     4342     0.04     0.04  searchfixlist
>
> elf_findstr definitely looks like a problem area. I can't look at it  
> right now, so can you post this to bugzilla please?

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4721

-Steve