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Message #40 received at 8076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Olaf van der Spek <ml <at> vdspek.org>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: PCH support
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:10:12 +0100

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Stefano Lattarini
<stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> First, I know basically nothing about PCH, and it seems to me that it is not
> a feature many users would require or employ.

Why not? It can drastically reduce build times of C++ projects. I have
little experience with C projects, but I assume it speeds those up as
well.
Conceptually, it's also simple to implement (for someone with automake
knowledge).

> Second, and more important: as you can easily see, the Automake bug tracker
> is full of bug reports with higher precedence, and of feature requests with
> potentially more widespread user bases.

Do automake users not care about build times?


-- 
Olaf

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