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Subject: Re: -combine option for C++ =?utf-8?Q?sources=E2=80=8F?=
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From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 14:30:00 -0000
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Pramod Joisha <pramod_joisha@hotmail.com> writes:

> Presently, the -combine option works only for C sources. I was
> wondering whether there are technical reasons for not supporting it
> for C++ sources. If not, are there plans for providing this support in
> the near future?

As a historical note, Geoff Keating, who implemented -combine for C, was
working on -combine for C++ when his employer, Apple, decided to halt
contributions to gcc.  I don't know how far he got or whether he would
be able to share his patches.

Ian