[Lazarus] Timing of all compiler options on slow machines

[Ludo Brands]

On 08/25/2013 10:24 AM, Juha Manninen wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:04 AM, waldo kitty <wkitty42 at windstream.net> wrote:
>> this define? TimeAllCompilerOptions
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> i believe so and will remove it from my script for further testing...
> 
> May I ask, why you need the script? I build Lazarus often but I don't
> need a script for it.
> 
> 
>> question: with the timings in the status bar, can they easily be copied and
>> pasted? previously i've had to waste a tree or two to retain them during a
>> series of tests... but one tree isn't so bad i guess since i have 20 acres
>> of them available 15 miles from anywhere ;)
> 
> Based on Martin's comments I changed it to use DebugLn now. The
> StatusBar is gone.
> It is easy to copy text from log / debug output.
> 

On an atom based system linux gtk2, 2 runs:
RunTool /home/ludo/fpc_hg/trunk/bin/fpc.sh "-Tlinux" "-Pi386" "-i"
RunTool /home/ludo/fpc_hg/trunk/bin/fpc.sh "-Tlinux" "-Pi386" "-h"
AllCompilerOptions: Time for reading options: 00:00.726, rendering GUI:
00:01.762
AllCompilerOptions: Time for reading options: 00:00.726, rendering GUI:
00:01.705

Running from console while lazarus running (same memory conditions):
$time /home/ludo/fpc_hg/trunk/bin/fpc.sh "-Tlinux" "-Pi386" "-i"
real	0m0.012s
user	0m0.004s
sys	0m0.008s
$time /home/ludo/fpc_hg/trunk/bin/fpc.sh "-Tlinux" "-Pi386" "-h"
real	0m0.038s
user	0m0.024s
sys	0m0.008s

So a lot of time is lost somewhere in reading the options. 50ms -> 726 ms.
1.7 secs to render a form is a lot. 300ms on an i7. But you indicated
the form would use a faster grid in a the future:)

Ludo