On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43, Dodji Seketeli <do...@seketeli.org> wrote:

> I guess it's also worth noting one limitation of PPHs that is, if I
> believe the wiki:
>
>    In essence, the only headers that can be pre-parsed are those that
>    produce the same result when they are compiled in isolation or as
>    part of another translation unit. So, header files that are affected
>    by pre-processor symbols defined before inclusion are not going to
>    be considered (e.g., stddef.h).
>
> [1]: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/pph#Scope_and_limitations
>
> How hard would it be to drop that limitation?

It's an explicit non-goal, actually.  If you relax this requirements,
you might as well re-parse the header file.  The work needed to make
flexible PPH images will rob you of most/all the performance you were
looking for.


Diego.

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