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From: Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
Subject: RTS runtime error checks.
Date: 10 Jul 1997, 22:27:40

Hello,

The GPC runtime library (RTS) does quite a bit of checking at runtime. The
ISO standards dictate this.

However, these checks slow down GPC compiled programs.

Would it be a violation of the standards if we were to have two RTS
libraries (libgpc.a and libgpc_g.a), where libgpc_g.a is linked if the
'-g' compiler switch is used, and libgpc.a (no checks) otherwise?

This would combine the best of both worlds: checks are enabled when you
debug your code, while production code has optimum speed.

Let me know your opinions,

JanJaap

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