http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59589
--- Comment #8 from Harald Anlauf <anlauf at gmx dot de> --- No lag with 4.8.0 (or 4.7.x) on same machine: ==8545== HEAP SUMMARY: ==8545== in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==8545== total heap usage: 41 allocs, 41 frees, 40,007,187 bytes allocated ==8545== ==8545== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible So it's actually a regression.