bugzilla 424 - Unexpected OPTLINK Termination - solved!

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Yigal Chripun wrote:
>> Once Optlink is moved to C and than D, it could grow new features like 
>> link-time optimizations.
> 
> It does open up a lot of possibilities.
> 
> One I think would be of big benefit is for two COMDATs with different 
> names, but the same contents, being merged. This would eliminate a lot 
> of template bloat.
> 
> Currently, COMDATs are merged if and only if their names match exactly.
> 
> Another possibility is to merge the linker with dmd, so it can generate 
> executables directly without having to go through an object file step.

Well it opens up a lot of possibilities *on Windows only*, which is 
liable to dampen some enthusiasm.

Andrei