[linux-audio-dev] code in different files affects speed?

[Paul Davis]

> From a 'C optimisation tutorial'
>
>http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/tutorial.html
>
>#  Compilers can often optimise a whole file - avoid splitting off 
>closely related functions into separate files, the compiler will do 
>better if can see both of them together (it might be able to inline the 
>code, for example). #

yes, well ... it depends on what "closely related" means. i recently
split ardour's mammoth session.cc into several files and have noticed
a noticeable drop in performance since then. the split was done along
the lines of "closely related" functions. also, as far as inlining
goes, everything that i believe can be sensibly inlined is in a header
file, not a source file itself.

i'll try the trick of a single to-be-used-by-the-compiler file that
just includes all the others, and see if that helps things.

--p