17 Apr
2006
17 Apr
'06
7:36 p.m.
Hi,
The compile / fix compiler errors cycle is an important part of the development process for me, and so I want recompilation to go as quickly as possible.
If you are not using any GHC specific features, then I find that using Hugs for compiler errors, then once Hugs is happy moving on to GHC can massively speed up development time. FWIW, I have been using this strategy for my work on Yhc (~150 modules) and get times of about 4 seconds for Hugs to load, parse, type check, and times of about 1 min for GHC --make to just do nothing, a complete build is about 15 mins. It makes fixing compile time errors much more fun. Thanks Neil