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Re: [lmi] [lmi-commits] master b2190109 1/3: Install 'lld' and use it wi
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Greg Chicares |
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Re: [lmi] [lmi-commits] master b2190109 1/3: Install 'lld' and use it with clang |
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Sat, 9 Jul 2022 18:02:10 +0000 |
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On 7/9/22 16:36, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
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> I don't know what was your motivation for using lld,
Same as the motivation for using clang: if you use two linkers,
one may diagnose a problem that the other doesn't. It's a pure win
in a hypothetical world where all diagnostics are true positives.
> but if it was related
> to its better speed compared to GNU ld,
That came as a pleasant surprise.
> then I'd suggest to use mold
I'd like to consider that someday. I just have a lot of other
things to do first.
A faster linker for cross-building msw binaries would save a lot
of time. This looks interesting:
https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
but I don't have time to look into it right now.