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		baziotis on Dec 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Common misconceptions about compilers I don't know that much about ThinLTO but ThinLTO just works on summaries instead of the full code right? It still seems the linker is the one who reads these summaries (doc: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThinLTO.html).

pjmlp on Dec 10, 2024 [–]

As far as I remember from some LLVM talks, apparently only ThinLTO is kind of usable, full LTO doesn't seem to be fully used.

Just my perception.

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