Norman, > > How is that going? > I actually downloaded the latest source code this very week and > attempted a trail compile under C68 - in an interesting way, I think it > failed. The compiler produced no warnings, no errors, no output file > and > not a single message to the screen! I've never seen that happen before. > > The source file (for there is only one) is over 4mb in size which makes > me wonder if C68 can actually handle such a large file in one go. Maybe > Dave Walker will notice and chip in.
I have no idea whether c68 can handle a single file that large! Lack of output could mean that something has gone wrong, but it could also mean that c68 is simply still working. In theory there should be no upper size limit (RAM permitting). However it has never (to my knowledge) been tested against such a large source as a single file. I wonder why the SQLite people have produced it that way in the first place - it must be an absolute pig to maintain. > > I assume, from past experience, that progress will be slow. Probably > very slow. :-( If you are doing a test compilation I would make sure that you have disabled all the optimization options. The optimisation processes will keep running until no further improvements can be made, and the larger the file the longer it will take to run. It is probably also a good idea to stop after the c68 phase has completed, and run the assemble phase separately. I also do not know if AS68 is likely to choke on such a large file and that would at least give you a clue. Another possibility is to use a version of c68 compiled to run on a PC under Linux as that is likely to run much faster. Dave _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
