[llvm-dev] Default compression level for -compress-debug-info=zlib?

[Friedman, Eli via llvm-dev]

On 8/2/2018 5:12 PM, Fāng-ruì Sòng via llvm-dev wrote:
> For each debug section, a compression buffer of compressBound(sourceLen)
> bytes has to allocated first. zlib's compressBound is a theoretical
> maximum which is larger than sourceLen and can increase memory usage
> a lot, though usually only a small portion of the buffer is actually
> used.

zlib supports a streaming interface.  (LLVM currently doesn't use it, 
but it's not hard.)

-Eli

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