On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 07:03:33PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Not necessarily, if the number goes up - obviously then we'd also want
> to add some second directory structure to organize them into broad
> categories or so.
Right, topic libraries. That is starting to make more sense. :)
> Unnecessarily longer build time.
Ok.
> If a tool uses just a handful of these (hopefully quickly increasing
> number of) facilities then it should not be burdened by building it
> all.
Ok. This still hints at topic libraries as being the best alternative.
> The preprocessor does nothing with the .a - eliminating extra stuff
> from the .a is a link time step, and that means the whole .a will be
> built first ...
Ok, this is an argument I can get on board with.
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