AST files instead of DI interface files for faster compilation and easier distribution

[Walter Bright]

On 6/14/2012 1:03 AM, Don Clugston wrote:
>> It is for debug builds.
> Iain's data indicates that it's only a few % of the time taken on semantic1().
> Do you have data that shows otherwise?

Nothing recent, it's mostly from my C++ compiler testing.


>> Yes, it is designed so you could just import a symbol table. It is done
>> as source code, however, because it's trivial to implement.
>
> It has those nasty side-effects listed under (3) though.

I don't think they're nasty or are side effects.