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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] guile: Compile and install Scheme files
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Ludovic CourtÃs <ludo at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:35:31 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] guile: Compile and install Scheme files
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Ludovic CourtÃs <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> skribis:
>
>> On 07/21/2014 03:33 PM, Ludovic CourtÃs wrote:
>>> We install compiled files (1) as a convenience to the users, and (2)
>>> to avoid auto-compilation messages during GDB startup.
>>
>> That makes me (a passerby reader) curious on what kind of convenience
>> is that. :-) I mean, doesn't gdb/guile compile automatically the files
>> if they're not already compiled ?
>
> Yes it does. But it does it for each user. Having them installed
> system-wide already avoids that (same as for .elc and the likes.)
>
> Compiling them also allows the GDB hacker to see the compiler warnings,
> which is nice too. :-)
Indeed! :-)
I'll add comments on these to the patch.