>  Fixes for this are in progress on drow-cplus-branch.  All the necessary
>  code is there, it just needs to be hooked up :)  I think I've gotten
>  derailed on some other problems first, though.  The basic problem is
>  that we want to canonicalize the names before adding them to the symbol
>  table, and that increases startup time.  I'm looking for ways to shave
>  startup time elsewhere.  I have a few ideas.

If it is going to be so expensive, can it be put off until later, when 
the canonical value is needed?

enjoy,
Andrew