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| author | Jacek Sieka <arnetheduck@gmail.com> | 2018-04-23 17:02:38 +0800 |
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| committer | Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de> | 2018-04-23 11:02:38 +0200 |
| commit | 72dfe176f5211f561263984a2df653f16dcf5466 (patch) | |
| tree | fdfe465ee360ce63925753737a70973e3309dc7a /doc | |
| parent | a8b70c550083e432f0028e6582c97d8310a48c8a (diff) | |
| download | Nim-72dfe176f5211f561263984a2df653f16dcf5466.tar.gz | |
remove dead code elimination option (#7669)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/basicopt.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/nimc.rst | 4 |
3 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/basicopt.txt b/doc/basicopt.txt index 4c11cc767..90c7ba09c 100644 --- a/doc/basicopt.txt +++ b/doc/basicopt.txt @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Options: --nanChecks:on|off turn NaN checks on|off --infChecks:on|off turn Inf checks on|off --nilChecks:on|off turn nil checks on|off - --deadCodeElim:on|off whole program dead code elimination on|off --opt:none|speed|size optimize not at all or for speed|size Note: use -d:release for a release build! --debugger:native|endb use native debugger (gdb) | ENDB (experimental) diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst index fbd043020..f1330d524 100644 --- a/doc/manual.rst +++ b/doc/manual.rst @@ -6768,22 +6768,6 @@ the created global variables within a module is not defined, but all of them will be initialized after any top-level variables in their originating module and before any variable in a module that imports it. -deadCodeElim pragma -------------------- -The ``deadCodeElim`` pragma only applies to whole modules: It tells the -compiler to activate (or deactivate) dead code elimination for the module the -pragma appears in. - -The ``--deadCodeElim:on`` command line switch has the same effect as marking -every module with ``{.deadCodeElim:on}``. However, for some modules such as -the GTK wrapper it makes sense to *always* turn on dead code elimination - -no matter if it is globally active or not. - -Example: - -.. code-block:: nim - {.deadCodeElim: on.} - .. NoForward pragma diff --git a/doc/nimc.rst b/doc/nimc.rst index b275438ea..29dbdea42 100644 --- a/doc/nimc.rst +++ b/doc/nimc.rst @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ generated; use the ``--symbolFiles:on`` command line switch to activate them. Unfortunately due to technical reasons the ``--symbolFiles:on`` needs to *aggregate* some generated C code. This means that the resulting executable -might contain some cruft even when dead code elimination is turned on. So +might contain some cruft even with dead code elimination. So the final release build should be done with ``--symbolFiles:off``. Due to the aggregation of C code it is also recommended that each project @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ target. For example, to generate code for an `AVR`:idx: processor use this command:: - nim c --cpu:avr --os:standalone --deadCodeElim:on --genScript x.nim + nim c --cpu:avr --os:standalone --genScript x.nim For the ``standalone`` target one needs to provide a file ``panicoverride.nim``. |