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| author | Thomas Miedema <thomasmiedema@gmail.com> | 2015-04-06 11:51:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Miedema <thomasmiedema@gmail.com> | 2015-04-06 11:51:38 +0200 |
| commit | fef4948f172b66eaf8db520b381dd4a8237b5644 (patch) | |
| tree | 5606a3601fdad97ea90165eff50bfdcf417a25fa /docs | |
| parent | 8f0709249826dd2eda9bf53be89f176a4f30c81f (diff) | |
| download | haskell-fef4948f172b66eaf8db520b381dd4a8237b5644.tar.gz | |
User's guide: .a files can be 2-2.5x larger with -split-objs
And remove warning. This feature is available through cabal even.
Reviewed By: austin
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D801
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/phases.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/phases.xml b/docs/users_guide/phases.xml index b05de99f36..8994ffe72e 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/phases.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/phases.xml @@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ $ cat foo.hspp</screen> executables linked against the library are smaller as they only link against the object files that they need. However, assembling all the sections separately is expensive, so this is slower than - compiling normally. - We use this feature for building GHC's libraries - (warning: don't use it unless you know what you're - doing!).</para> + compiling normally. Additionally, the size of the library itself + (the <literal>.a</literal> file) can be a factor of 2 to 2.5 + larger. + We use this feature for building GHC's libraries.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |