Re: Slow compilation of guile-2.1.x

[tomas]

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On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 09:47:08AM +0100, Jan Synáček wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:36 AM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 08:31:23AM +0100, Jan Synáček wrote:
> >> Hello,

[...]

> > Are you building from scratch? Because then yes, 2.1.x is expected
> > to bootstrap slowly [1]. The solution offered ATM is delivering a
> > half-bootstrapped system [2].
> 
> Yes, but even a small (about 3 modules and a few 100s LoC) project of
> mine compiles about 3 times slower.

You mean not bootstrapping the system but using a fully bootstrapped
Guile to compile *your* stuff? Hmmm.

> > TL;DR the compiler has become much smarter, but also tougher to
> > build (but read the refs anyway: they're a worthy read).
> >
> > regards
> >
> > [1] 
> > https://wingolog.org/archives/2016/01/11/the-half-strap-self-hosting-and-guile
> > [2] https://wingolog.org/archives/2016/02/04/guile-compiler-tasks
> 
> Thank you, I wasn't aware of these. Good to know that it's not a bug.

I'm far from being in the position to decide whether there's a bug, alas.
Perhaps more knowledgeable folks could chime in: Is a factor of 3 when
compiling to be expected?

regards
- -- t
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