Previously, ELFReader takes three template arguments: EFLT,
LinkingContextT and FileT. FileT is itself templated.
So it was a bit complicated. Maybe too much.
Most architectures don't actually need to be parameterized for ELFT.
For example, x86 is always ELF32LE and x86-64 is ELF64LE.
However, because ELFReader requires a ELFT argument, we needed
to parameterize a class even if not needed.
This patch removes the parameter from the class. So now we can
de-templatize such classes (I didn't do that in this patch, though).
This patch also removes ContextT parameter since it didn't have to be
passed as a template argument.
llvm-svn: 234853
DynamicFile and ELFFile are instantiated for four different types,
ELF{32,64}{BE,LE}. Because the classes are instantiated in each
compilation unit, including the header file makes object files
10MB larger.
On Windows, issue of excessive template instantiation is critical,
since the regular COFF file supports only up to 65534 sections.
(We could use the extended COFF file format, but generating that
much COMDAT sections is not a good thing in the first place
because it means long compile time and long link time.)
I confirmed that this change makes AArch64TargetHandler.cpp.o
from 21MB to 8.5MB. It feels still too large, but I think it's
a good start.
llvm-svn: 234808
Rafael Espindola