Yes, but that can be accomplished quite easily by having lots and lots of little files, each one doing a very specific job. Then, you can edit whatever you want, and when you rebuild, it will take a minimum of time. I always do that, no matter what my project is, so that changes are quick to implement on slow machines.
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Despret, Jerome wrote: > I believe the question is more what are the frequency you touch a file . > If you organize your code a such way that the code you never change is on > its own set of file and not in the same .c that the file you keep changing, > Or if you hunt all the un-necessary includes, you may speed up your > compilation. > > Jerome Despret > Fallen Angels Mud & FAERIE area editor > http://fangels.wolfpaw.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Nicholas Thaler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Performance Question > > > Actually, I guess I should correct myself here: > 1 1000 line file will (in general) compile faster than 1 10000 line file. > But 10 1000 line files should be almost identical to 1 10000 line file. > So you're right, it shouldn't make any difference. > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Alexander Nicholas Thaler wrote: > > > No. It may EFFECTIVELY comile as fast, but depending on your machine > > speed, that can very GREATLY. > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Jason Gauthier wrote: > > > > > The compile times are questionable as well: > > > > > > 10 1,000 line files generally compiles as fast as 1 10,000 line file. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Alexander Nicholas Thaler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:50 PM > > > To: Pell, Blake B > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Performance Question > > > > > > > > > It should only matter for compile times. If you have a decent compiler > > > and linker (ie gmake and gcc) it should optimize the same no matter how > > > you have your files organized. > > > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Pell, Blake B wrote: > > > > > > > This is something I've been curious about but never really been able to > > > find an answer for. Would it be better to have extremely large files > > > (like > > > act_wiz.c, fight.c pushing 15,000+ lines) or split the code up into > > > smaller > > > files (for instance pulling reclass specific code into their own .c > > > files)? > > > My question is, does this even matter? > > > > > > > > Rhien. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ROM mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Alex Thaler > > > http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 > > > > > > One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. > > > X windows. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ROM mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Alex Thaler > > http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 > > > > One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. > > X windows. > > > > > > -- > > ROM mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alex Thaler > http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 > > One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. > X windows. > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Thaler http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. X windows.
