MXMLC's XML embedding is terrible. For anything non-trivial, embed your XML as a ByteArray and just parse it as a String.
-Josh 2009/4/16 edlueze <edlu...@onegen.com> > > > I've finally had a chance to investigate my slow compiler performance and > I've made a shocking discovery! > > As a reminder, I asked the community how long I should expect a typical > compilation to take. The response I got was "about 40 seconds". My > clean-build compilations take about 2 hours!!! > > Today I eliminated the two large XML files from my project that I ask the > compiler to Embed. Together, the two XML files are about 10,000 lines long. > To my utter amazement, this was the primary cause of the slow compiling. My > clean-build compile time went from 2 hours to less than 2 minutes! > > I can usually avoid the 2 hour compiles if I change just one file. But if I > change two files (not including the embedded XML files that rarely need to > be changed) I often trigger the long compilation. > > This cannot possibly be what the compiler-engineers at Adobe intended. I'm > going to file a bug with Adobe, but let me know if you've got other thoughts > on better workarounds. > > Thanks! > > Ted. > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "mmormando" <m...@...> wrote: > > > > Hm, as you said in a later post, I'd suspect the xml file, or perhaps > other resources. I'm working on a fairly large project, some Java, a few > graphics and css, as well as 70+ modules of various sizes and our build time > with a little homegrown Maven plugin is coming in at under 8 minutes. > > Please let us know if you find out what the issue is. > > Good luck! > > Mike > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "edlueze" <edlueze@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Folks: > > > > > > Can somebody tell me what a reasonable compile-time for a Flex > Application is? A clean build for my application will take about 2 hours, > and an incremental compile after I've changed several files will often take > an hour. If I've only changed one file then an incremental compile will > usually take less than a minute. > > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald - j...@joshmcdonald.info - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/
