Re: suggestion: new make function

Edward Welbourne <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:20:29 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs,gmane.comp.gnu.make.windows
Message-ID <E1R8Tq0-0006Tv-Pd@whorl>
> I have limited sympathy for this type of situation, "multifile
> compilation" is against the general idea of make.

On the other hand, running ar once per .o file cost time (at least)
quadratic in the number of files, when I tried it.  So "multifile
archiving" is perfectly standard - and it's usually driven by make.

	Eddy.