Re: Extremely long build times

Allen Bauer (CodeGear) wrote:

There are also internal limitations in the compiler which can cause
problems if one were to have a deeply recursive set of units. As a
codebase grows, one can lose sight of the overall "reference web" of
units and suddenly trip into this limitation. It is often manifests
as a significant performance degredation and seemingly random error
messages about recursive uses.

Unfortunately when one gets into the situation, it is really a bear to
work one's way out of it. All it takes is for one inadvertent unit to
end up in a long chain of unit uses. Unit A uses B uses C ... uses X
uses Y uses Z uses A...

Ah, thanks for the tip. That sounds as if it may be the problem.

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