Joachim Schr�er wrote:

> Hello,
> we have a package spec which uses an enormous compilation time. One of the
> specs it withes has about 40_000 lines of source. When I remember correctly
> the gnat parser parses all specs in the closure of a given compuation unit.
> This sum has a size of about 60_000 loc.
> The compilation time seems to rise very nonlinear with the size of single
> compilation units. The system is mainly paging to and from harddisc.
> Is there a compilation switch for gnat to increase the amount of main memory
> it uses or is there any other measure one may take?
> Rewriting the source is no option, cause it is a delivery.


How much RAM does your computer have? If you have insufficient
the performance will be bound by the hard drive transfer speeds.

Dale

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