Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:15:28 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Serge Golovin <res AT marstu DOT mari DOT su>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: precompiled headers
In-Reply-To: <199608111751.VAA13645@marstu.mari.su>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960812081006.26669C-100000@is>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII


On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Serge Golovin wrote:

> OK. But why? It is free and may be freely modified by anyone.

Of course it's free and you can do anything you like with it--if you have 
time to spare and nothing better to do.  However, if your time is 
limited, I'd suggest first to measure or at least estimate how much time 
does gcc spend in compiling the headers as opposed to compiling the rest 
of the source.  It just might be that the headers in gcc are structured 
in such a way that you will see a negligible effect.  Even the C++ 
libraries rarely have header files that are more than 3KB-long in DJGPP.

> Well.. if I do that will it be submitted or I have no chance?

*You* should submit them.  If the benefits are significant, the GCC 
maintainers will include your changes.