distributing clisp built with dynamic modules

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

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how about switching to --with-dynamic-modules being the default?
the installation would then contain one (1) linking set - "boot"
(installed as "base" for backwards compatibility) and dynamically
compiled modules.

pro:
- - smaller distribution size
- - larger pre-built module selection (pcre/pgsql/X is no longer a clisp
prerequisite, etc)

contra:
- - lose STACK_register (=> 1-5% performance hit? still? confirmation?)
- - slower startup - requires modules loading. OTOH, we can make base
already include regexp, gettext and syscalls. OTOH, some scripters may
prefer PCRE to POSIX regexp...

what do people think?

Sam.

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