Re: RFC 214 (v1) Emit warnings and errors based on unoptimized code

[Dave Storrs]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote:

> Simon Cozens writes:
> > > Nice!
> > Efficient!
> > Practical!
> > 
> > Choose two.
> 
> I take this oblique comment to mean that it'd bloat the op-tree too
> much?

        Well, suppose we simply add the -FOO (choose your letter) flag to
perl...-FOO is a toned-down -d in that it produces a debug version with
bloated op-trees, but having these bloated op-trees allows it to emit more
useful warnings/errors.  When you want it to run faster, you turn off -FOO
and it runs faster.  (Actually, -FOO should probably be _on_ by default
and be something that you turn _off_ as an optimization, once your script
is ready to roll.)

                                Dave