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0 pointsleni5361y ago0 comments

That's called a "unity build", build systems such as cmake support it. It has its pros and cons.

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And while it helps with compile time (especially with mediocre compilers like MSVC where a large time is spent in the front-end), it doesn't help with stripping unneeded code/data compared to LTO.

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account421y ago

And while it helps with compile time (especially with mediocre compilers like MSVC where a large time is spent in the front-end), it doesn't help with stripping unneeded code/data compared to LTO.

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