#11285: Split objects makes static linking really slow -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 (Linking) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Compile-time | Unknown/Multiple performance bug | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ezyang): olsner: It's not, unless we install both "slow to link" and "quick to link" versions of static libraries. As you mention, this might be helpful anyway for loading statically linked libraries to GHCi. I *believe* my experiments showed that `--gc-sections` didn't really cost you anything if you weren't using `-split-sections`. So it should be fine to continue to pass it. Disabling it didn't really help with link times anyway. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11285#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler