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For gcc 4.3.x you can use -O2 for your builds.  The size hit is smaller because of visibility changes in that release of the compiler.
For gcc 4.3.x you can use -O2 for your builds.  The size hit is smaller because of visibility changes in that release of the compiler.
'''If you want to change optimization levels, please do it per-module.'''
As we discovered, the best optimization settings are per-module.  If your testing shows that changes to a particular module improve performance please let us know by filing a bug against Firefox/Build Config and we can evaluate it and get it into the tree.


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