fiery acorn
Is there any way of improving the compilation times for zig?
even after adding little changes to my code i have to wait 5-10s
exe.linkLibC();
exe.addIncludePath(b.path("src/vendors"));
exe.addCSourceFiles(.{ .root = b.path("src/vendors"), .files = &.{"glad.c"} });
exe.linkSystemLibrary("gl");
exe.linkSystemLibrary("glfw");
oak fractal
Currently the best you can do is disable llvm. You can do that by setting .use_llvm = false and .use_lld = false in your .addExecutable options. Note you will get very few optimizations so this is for debug builds.
Incremental compilation is currently under way, so you could attempt to use that as well if you're on master. Idk its current state or where to find docs/examples though
fiery acorn
thanks. will try now
well..
it takes even longer 😬
it recompiles the code without even changing anything
tall cloak
it should absolutely not take longer in any scenario, are you maybe seeing the build script recompile after changing it?
also just like, dont compile it if nothing changed?
finite palm
I expect first time attempting incremental will build everything.
tall cloak
yes the backend doesnt integrate with caching yet
fiery acorn
.use_llvm = false,
.use_lld = false,
..?
fiery acorn
meant to be faster right?
tall cloak
yes
oak fractal
If you just edited the build.zig and ran zig build, you will see LLVM because it's building the build.zig. After that you should no longer see LLVM
fiery acorn
takes +10s longer
tall cloak
every single time?
empty turret
Are you on Windows? One time I had it be really slow because I was using a nightly Zig build and Windows Defender was being cautious about the executable
Here's an incremental build from a small change on my biggest project (quite a few dependencies). CPU is a i7-8700K, it's a hackintosh. Not using the new incremental compilation or anything fancy as far as I know. So 5-10s sounds off
fiery acorn
Are you on Windows? One time I had it be really slow because I was using a night...
nope, linux and i think the issue was with my cloud bc i am hosting my projects on my laptop to my pc. i noticed my laptop was lil faster.
fiery acorn
Here's an incremental build from a small change on my biggest project (quite a f...
still, not as fast as ur's
nightly version
empty fjord
@fiery acorn not the answer you are looking for, but Andrew's main goal right now is to hammer on making the compiler as fast as possible to speed up development of the compiler itself, and everyone else's as a consequence. He talked about it in his 2024 roadmap/plans/goal presentation
indigo crown