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Re: parallelized 'ld'?


[switching mailing lists from binutils@ to gdb@]

* "gdb used to take inordinate amount of time to load on our platform. The
   fix  was trivial, which likely means that few people ever use GDB on
   such large executables."

I believe one identified problem is how the symbol table uses hash tables. The symbol tables are being given a careful upgrade. Was this what you noticed?


As for using GDB on large programs, mozilla is (or was) the reference - its startup has gone from impossible to tolerable. I believe users now also have their sights on eclipse (compiled with gcj). So increasing demand is definitly there.

Andrew



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