Olivier Langlois writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm compiling a C++ TU that after preprocessing is 50000 lines big (most
> of the lines are from header files). It compiles fine without '-g' but
> when I use the -g option, the compiler freezes. I used the option '-Q'
> to try to figure out where the problem was located. The compilation gets
> stuck while compiling functions inside class declarations in the header
> files. It does not seems to be some function in particular that is
> causing the problem as if I reorder the header files inclusion, the
> compiler is going to stop in a new place.
>
> The GCC version that I am using is 3.2
Oh dear.
> Also, I have observed weird things such as I see destructors and
> constructors being compiled like 4 times in the '-Q' output ie:
>
> virtual OutputFormat::~OutputFormat()
> OutputFormat::~OutputFormat()
> virtual OutputFormat::~OutputFormat()
> virtual OutputFormat::~OutputFormat()
>
> Is this something normal? I think that the issue might be that the
> compiler is running out of memory. I also see this in the output:
>
> {GC 27652k -> 24958k}
>
> Any suggestion on what I could try to fix the problem?
We need more information. What OS? How much RAM? What compiler
options?
What does the CPU load look like when this happens? High or low?
Andrew.
