Am 30.08.2013 11:52, schrieb deadalnix:
On Friday, 30 August 2013 at 09:33:25 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
Am 30.08.2013 11:17, schrieb deadalnix:
My understanding is that it can be optimized away. Or can it ?
It can in C/C++ because microsoft has really good LTO (link time
optimization). As Rainer Schuetze explained the format of the object
files used for LTO is propriatary and unkown to the public. So we can
not easily use that, and its unlikely we can use it at all. Also for
32-bit windows it can not be optimized away because optlink does not
do LTO.
win32 is kind of a dead end anyway. It is still very alive today, but we
want to aim for the future. And it WILL disappear.
The object format is kind of anoying.
In theory it could be optimized away, but in pratice I doubt we are
going to see this kind of optimization in dmd any time soon. And as
dmd is the only viable option on windows right now I would prefer the
better performing second solution to this problem
I understand. But sacrificing good design for immediate reward is bound
to cost way more in the long run if D is successful. And if D fails,
then it doesn't matter.
I don't consider good it good design to add lots of indirections just to
remove a command line parameter to the compiler. Its not like its going
to make any difference in source code.
