[Insight-developers] PROPOSAL: Change default build type to "Release"

[Julien Jomier]

I second this one and that's what I usually recommend to first ITK users.

Julien

On 24/07/2011 16:58, Bill Lorensen wrote:
> Actually, I almost always build RelWithDebInfo.
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell
> <marcus.hanwell at kitware.com <mailto:marcus.hanwell at kitware.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Matthew McCormick (thewtex)
>     <matt at mmmccormick.com <mailto:matt at mmmccormick.com>> wrote:
>      > I like a third option -- RelWithDebInfo.
>      >
>      > That produces '-g -O2', at least on Linux.
>      >
>      > It is nice to have debugging symbols in there for a quick correction
>      > in case something goes wrong. '-g -O2' is also good for profiling.
>      >
>      > -O2 is nicer than -O3 because you still get the optimizations that
>      > have the most impact speed while still keeping compile time
>      > reasonable.  We may also dissuade new users from continuing if it
>      > takes forever to compile.
>
>     Yes, that is something I have been using more too, and could be a
>     great compromise. With GCC -O3 can really bloat compile times with
>     little gain (and sometimes slowdowns). The Windows (MSVC) run time
>     increases we have seen have largely been due to STL when in debug
>     mode, there are ways of reducing the impact that some of the ParaView
>     Windows guys have been looking into.
>
>     Marcus
>
>
>
>
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