Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] guile: Compile and install Scheme files

Doug Evans
2014-07-24T15:35:45Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> skribis:
>
>> On 07/21/2014 03:33 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>> We install compiled files (1) as a convenience to the users, and (2)
>>> to avoid auto-compilation messages during GDB startup.
>>
>> That makes me (a passerby reader) curious on what kind of convenience
>> is that. :-) I mean, doesn't gdb/guile compile automatically the files
>> if they're not already compiled ?
>
> Yes it does. But it does it for each user. Having them installed
> system-wide already avoids that (same as for .elc and the likes.)
>
> Compiling them also allows the GDB hacker to see the compiler warnings,
> which is nice too. :-)

Indeed! :-)

I'll add comments on these to the patch.