Re: Native compilation: the bird-eye view

[Andrea Corallo]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: Andrea Corallo <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 18:26:53 +0000
>> 
>> > Then why not make this the default?
>> 
>> I think it works well but:
>> 
>> 1- I need inputs on decisions, and this is one of those :)
>> 
>> 2- If Emacs is installed, often is not able to compile because the user
>>    has possibly no write privileges on the folder where the compiler is
>>    trying to output the eln.  Either we switch this feature off in this
>>    case or we go for a different directory model.
>
> This goes back to the proposal to have a cache directory for
> JIT-compiled Lisp files.  That cache directory can be under the user's
> home directory.

Yes, that's the option.

Implementation wise could just translate into prefixing the output path
with this cache directory I think.

  Andrea

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