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Re: [PATCH] guile: Compile and install Scheme files.
- From: ludo at gnu dot org (Ludovic CourtÃs)
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Doug Evans <xdje42 at gmail dot com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:10:16 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] guile: Compile and install Scheme files.
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Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> skribis:
> Can we have a a comment somewhere (either in the sources, or in
> the commit log), of _why_ we do this? E.g., is this for
> performance, or for something else? When it is safe? Etc.
Agreed, weâll add a comment for that.
Basically, Guile automatically compiles source files when it cannot find
a pre-compiled file, but itâs just more convenient for the user if
compiled files are installed in the first place.
Thanks,
Ludoâ.