From: Serge Golovin <res AT marstu DOT mari DOT su>
Message-Id: <199608120626.KAA18851@marstu.mari.su>
Subject: Re: precompiled headers
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 10:26:19 +0400 (MSD)
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960812081006.26669C-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Aug 12, 96 08:15:28 am
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
Thats it! That is what I asked about. I asked why there is no precompiled
headers in djgpp. And the aswer is (partially) in words written above (and I
agree with these words). Answer "djgpp doesnt because gcc doesnt" does not
satisfy me.
> 
> > 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.
> 
OK. I see. Nevermind.

bye, Serge.

-- 
With best regards,
Serge Golovin          AKA  RES