#8405: experiment with using function-sections for linking (for smaller libs and executables) -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: olsner Type: task | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D1242 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ezyang): Link-time performance observation here: #11285; when compiling `Setup.sh`, split sections makes ld.bfd run four times slower than split objects, but ld.gold two times faster than split objects. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8405#comment:22 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler