DMD 1.030 and 2.014 releases

Robert Fraser fraserofthenight at gmail.com
Sat May 17 00:46:53 PDT 2008


Thanks for the release!

Walter Bright wrote:
> The library build option has another major coolness feature - before, 
> one module compiles to one object file. With library build, one source 
> file can compile to multiple object files. This cuts down on executable 
> bloat from pulling in object files with irrelevant stuff in them.
> 
> Another build improvement is when multiple modules are compiled at the 
> same time to build an executable, only one object file is created with 
> the generated code for all modules combined into it. This speeds 
> linking, and also eliminates pointless file detritus.

How does this affect incremental build tools a la DSSS/rebuild or bud?


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