Or does it just make more sense to leave the optimization until you use the library, or is it when you link the library you are already past the point where the compiler can optimize the library?
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Or does it just make more sense to leave the optimization until you use the library, or is it when you link the library you are already past the point where the compiler can optimize the library?
Code optimization happens primarily at compile time. So if you want your static library optimized, you need to do that when you build your library.
There are some optimizations that can happen at link time (although I’m not sure if the GNU linker implements them). But they are additional optimizations, so even if you wanted to use them, you would still want to compile time optimization.