Re: [cdt-dev] The defaults of "Index unused headers" and "Index source a

[Nathan Ridge <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  >  > It's strange. I thought that "Index source and header files opened in 
>  >  > editor" should be faster then "Index unused headers" cause the amount of 
>  >  > unused headers may be significantly more than amount of opened files. 
>  > 
>  > My understanding (from observing the behaviour, I don't know the code) is 
>  > that "Index unused headers" will index all the unused headers once, when 
>  > the project is created. This takes a long times, yes. But "Index source 
>  > and header files opened in editor" reindexes a file every time it's opened 
>  > in the editor, so it's a constant performance drain. 
>  > 
>  > This is incorrect. Each file is indexed only once in both cases. 
>  
> What I experience when I have "Index source and header files opened in  
> editor" 
> checked, is that every time I open a file, a "C/C++ Indexer" task appears in 
> the Progress view. This does not happen when I have the option turned off. 
>  
> What is this task doing? 
>  
> This task is checking the timestamps of the files and, if they didn't  
> change, terminates. This is done on a background thread and doesn't  
> affect the editor. Do you see a slowdown in the editor? 

I remember experiencing a slowdown, but I don't seem to be able to
reproduce it at the moment - if I do, I'll get back to you about it.

Regards,
Nate