Dave Korn <dave.korn.cyg...@gmail.com> writes: > On 02/12/2010 20:10, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> Anyhow, I have a proposal on the table which I think can do the job. If >> you want to instead advocate for a complete relink approach, then we >> should significantly change and simplify the plugin interface. The >> plugin support in gold will need to be rewritten; not sure about GNU ld. >> I think that will force the linker to do a fair bit of extra work to no >> useful purpose. > > I'm wondering if the linker shouldn't just gather the plugin-contributed > object files, substitute them into appropriate places on the original > command-line, and re-exec itself.
We are we letting these small, solvable, problems head us toward a solution which is much less efficient? When we've already put a great deal of work into making the more efficient solution work? Ian
