On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:03:50AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
> On a practical note, are there any downsides to using this -finline-limit
> flag with non-3-series gcc compilers? If not, shouldn't it be put into
> configure?
`-finline-limit=N'
By default, gcc limits the size of functions that can be inlined.
This flag allows the control of this limit for functions that are
explicitly marked as inline (ie marked with the inline keyword or
defined within the class definition in c++). N is the size of
functions that can be inlined in number of pseudo instructions
(not counting parameter handling). The default value of N is 600.
Increasing this value can result in more inlined code at the cost
of compilation time and memory consumption. Decreasing usually
makes the compilation faster and less code will be inlined (which
presumably means slower programs). This option is particularly
useful for programs that use inlining heavily such as those based
on recursive templates with C++.
As I read this, the code might get smaller but slower.
Andre'
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