On 30 April 2012 04:49, Alexander Klenin <[email protected]> wrote: > While I am personally ambivalent about the default state of -Xg switch, > I'd like to point out another use case where it matters: > compiling on Windows on slow machine with antivirus installed. > > When I tried to persuade my students to switch to Lazarus from Delphi, > I've got many complaints about Lazarus being too slow. > About a third of these complaints were fixed by either excluding > Lazarus directory from AV's monitoring list, or turning -Xg on. >
Sorry, I might have missed this, but what would be the main disadvantage for a newbie of having the -Xg switch on at default. I don't really understand about the difference between having the debug info internal to the .exe or external, and I am guessing that the majority of people coming to Lazarus won't either. I just think the more people will be complaining about the default size of the .exe as apposed to having the debug info stored externally, unless I am really missing the point (quite possibly). Richard
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