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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Accelerating compilation

On 09/06/2013 05:27 PM, Gabriel Scherer wrote:
> One option that I think would be really help is a way to preserve
> separate compilation with ocamlopt, by not relying on .cmx of
> dependencies for optimization. That could preserve a good incremental
> development workflow and make most of those issues, I think, moot.

Please note, however, that .cmx files are required not only for 
cross-module optimizations, but also to support -pack.

-- Alain