Re: what happens before main()?

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Aya Koshigaya <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I have a big library written in C++, in this lib there are several static-things that get initialised at the start of the Programm, even before the main() function is called.
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> So far so good, but the problem is - the program takes some time to start, and when I did some time-trackings to see where the time goes, I found out it takes already up to 3 seconds until my main() function is called.
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> But, since there are about 300-400 Files it would take forever to find the "bad" statics.. so, is there any way in Xcode to step trough the initialisation process? Like as if I'd put a breakpoint in the main() function and step forward.. but in the main method it's already to late :(

I would try short-circuiting main() by adding a "return 0" at the top,
then profiling what's left with Shark or Instruments. That should give
you a report of not only what constructors are being called, but also
which ones are the major time sinks.

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