[luau] Useful Tool: Compiler Cache

[Patrick Kennedy]

That's what I was thinking...

GNU make does this too, but I do not presume to be an expert at programming.

>From: Ray Strode <halfline at hawaii.rr.com>
>Reply-To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
>To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
>Subject: Re: [luau] Useful Tool: Compiler Cache
>Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:49:44 +1000
>
>>
>>
>>It parses all pre-processor stuff to be sure all code, even header .h 
>>files
>>are unchanged before using the cached output.  It claims to be smart 
>>enough
>>to avoid recompiling in the event of changes to comments.
>>
>Does that mean it runs GCC's preprocessor (gcc -E) on each file and then
>diff or something?
>If that's the case, I think it's going to be much slower than make.
>Albeit, my statements are
>completely unqualified, because I haven't really looked into it.  It
>seems to me that constructing
>a makefile isn't too much trouble for the extra time and space savings.
>
>--Ray
>
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