Oleg, I think you missed Jared's point. There are many things one can try to target in a compiler. These include small compiler, fast compiler, produce compact executables, produce fast executables, and so on. GCC focuses on building fast executables. TCC's main goal is to quickly compile code. I repeat: runtime performance is not TCC's primary target. Minimizing code loading time would improve runtime performance at the cost of compile time, so you're not likely to get a lot of traction with your idea.
Can you think of a way to get smart linking to work with the many varied uses of TCC? I use TCC to compile C code on the fly in Perl scripts and call the resulting functions from my Perl code as I see fit. I don't expect smart linking to buy me much, if anything, but I do expect it to complicate TCC's internals and potentially slow it down. I am only one voice---and I am a user, not a developer---but I don't think that's a trade-off that I like much. TCC is an open source project, of course. Perhaps your best solution is to fork it and add your own smart linking optimizations. David On Oct 10, 2012 2:11 AM, "Oleg N. Cher" <[email protected]> wrote: > I would mentioned that Turbo Pascal (7.1) has very fast compilation too, > and was very compact - command-line compiler tpc.exe is 75 Kb. Then I do > not agree with the fact that "smart" linking feature is a redundant in TCC. > It's the absolutely necessary feature, especially if you actively work with > large libraries and do not want to include all code from the libraries into > your software. > > > Jared Maddox wrote: > >> Actually, TCC is about compiling code quickly. It is most appropriate >> for compiling other compilers, quickly testing code, and compiling >> code as part of a JIT engine. There's nothing wrong with an 'extended' >> TCC, but any such thing should be kept mostly or entirely separate >> from TCC itself. >> > Oleg N. Cher, > VEDAsoft Oberon Club > http://zx.oberon2.ru > > ______________________________**_________________ > Tinycc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/**mailman/listinfo/tinycc-devel<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tinycc-devel> >
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