Re: Slow algorithm used for string merging

[Eric Christopher]

> My question is: are there plans to work on this issue, or are there even 
> some patches floating around that would solve this? Before I sit down 
> and start writing patches for ld, I would like to check if there is not 
> somebody else who has already done so, and, of course, if such patches 
> would be welcome by the ld maintainers.

You didn't say what version of binutils you were using. Some work has
been done to speed up linking already, and yes, patches are always
accepted if you have a copyright assignment done (address@hidden).

-eric

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Eric Christopher <address@hidden>