Re: default -g ??!?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 20 Nov 2010, MK wrote:

> I mention this in my other email (about gvim, and that a -g exe will
> load noticeably slower than one without debug symbols).  I do not
> think the exception (a need for debugging) should make the rule
> (general use, production grade software).  I'd bet 99%+ of the time
> those compiled in debugging symbols never even get used a single time.

Under a normal operating system (i.e. perhaps not Plan 9, I am not 
sure) the debug symbols are separate from the executable text so that 
the OS will never read the debug symbol area while it is loading the 
program.  This means that there should be no performance difference.

Perhaps you have a problem with your system or should be using 'vim' 
rather than 'gvim'?

Bob
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