Need a Faster Compressor

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 5/23/2016 12:32 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> Instead, compression should be performed while generating the mangled string.

The trouble with that is the mangled string is formed from component pieces. 
Those component pieces may have common substrings with each other, which won't 
be detected until they are merged, when you're back to dealing with the string 
as a whole.


> Isn't it enough to create
> references to previously embedded mangled symbols (i-th symbol already mangled)
> while generating the mangled string?

That's been covered upthread, and VC++/g++ do that. But as shown, it is 
inadequate. There's a lot more redundancy than just the identifiers.