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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: --enable-final again
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date:       1999-05-28 9:10:44
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Mario Weilguni wrote:
> 
> I did some testing with and without --enable-final, and I must say on Intel
> machines it's definitly not worth the efforts:
> 
> libkdecore.so.3.0.0:
> --enable-final, CXXFLAGS=-Os -malign-functions=2 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -fno-exceptions
> SIZE=570372
> 
> without --enable-final, CXXFLAGS as above
> SIZE=584078
> 
> Considering all the troubles you get from --enable-final (huge memory usage,
> C++ vs C hassle, include file dependencies e.g. those stupid X11 headers...)
> it's not worth 14 kb. I'm sure there are better ways to reduce the memory
> footprint.
> 
But it compiles 4 times faster. For me a reason to keep it :)

Greetings, Stephan

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