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Re: excessive stab information
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
- To: "Andy Chittenden" <AChittenden at bluearc dot com>
- Cc: "Daniel Jacobowitz" <drow at false dot org>, "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>, <binutils at sourceware dot org>, "Martin Dorey" <mdorey at bluearc dot com>
- Date: 28 Apr 2005 11:56:29 -0400
- Subject: Re: excessive stab information
- References: <89E85E0168AD994693B574C80EDB9C2701D6A3D9@uk-email.terastack.bluearc.com>
"Andy Chittenden" <AChittenden@bluearc.com> writes:
> > > ... Second, it seems to me that it will
> > > slow down a stabs link slightly, ...
>
> for us, it did speed it up a little!
For you, yes, because it eliminated some information, so the linker
had less data to write out. For most people, no, because it will add
some system calls and won't eliminate anything.
Ian