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First time I spend a day on a partial-compile-only bug I switch if off and it's good old full recompilation from that point :)

• tempguy9999 7y ago
  That happened to a colleague of mine with the Eiffel compiler (a long time ago). He was pissed off. Ditto full compilation thereafter. Had something similar in our office with scala & SBT, but SBT is a POS anyway.
• Animats 7y ago
  That's a big problem with build systems based on timestamps, not checksums. Also, unless the build system can see all the inputs to the compilation, there's the potential for trouble.
  • carlmr 7y ago
    That's why Ninja build is so amazing for C/C++. It can use the whole dependencies output from the compiler and knows exactly what to recompile, even if only a header changed.
    • ori_b 7y ago
      ...You know, you can do that with plain old make, too?
• slacka 7y ago
  Why not just do a full, clean build when you hit strange bug? If your workflow is anything like mine, partial-compile and tools like ccache have saved months of hours I would have wasted waiting for the compiler.
  • NullPrefix 7y ago
    >when you hit strange bug Any bug is strange until you figure it out.