Changeset 2927 for trunk/src/kWorker/kWorker.c

Timestamp:

Sep 16, 2016, 1:08:29 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

bird

Message:

kWorker: A few more words.

File:

• trunk/src/kWorker/kWorker.c (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/kWorker/kWorker.c

@@ -9186 +9186 @@
  * (c2.dll).
  *
+ * kWorker helps the compiler as best as it can.  Given a little knowledge about
+ * stable and volatile file system areas, it can do a lot of caching that a
+ * normal compiler driver cannot easily do when given a single file.
+ *
  *
  * @subsubsection sssec_kWorker_Headers     Cache Headers Files and Searches
@@ -9204 +9208 @@
  * keep track of intercepted handles (also used for temporary file, temporary
  * file mappings, console buffering, and standard out/err buffering).
+ *
+ * PS. The header search optimization also comes in handy when cl.exe goes on
+ *     thru the whole PATH looking for c1/c1xx.exe and c2.exe after finding
+ *     c1/c1xx.dll and c2.dll.  My guess is that the compiler team can
+ *     optionally compile the three pass DLLs as executables during development
+ *     and problem analysis.
  *
  *