Minor clarification about the direct mode

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Joel Rosdahl 2010-06-19 19:18:56 +02:00
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@ -401,8 +401,13 @@ dependency file, etc) from the cache.
ccache has two ways of doing the detection:
* the *direct mode* (hashes the source code and include files directly)
* the *preprocessor mode* (hashes output from the preprocessor)
* the *direct mode*, where ccache hashes the source code and include files
directly
* the *preprocessor mode*, where ccache runs the preprocessor on the source
code and hashes the result
The direct mode is generally faster since running the preprocessor has some
overhead.
The direct mode