config.toml.example: add note that optimize = false won't speed up a full bootstrap

[rust.git] / src / bootstrap / config.toml.example

diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example b/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example
index 0309eca0e5deaec6a4f94081843386434397b684..25da976a555e900653a45eee70d4751c7353edc8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@
 [rust]
 
 # Whether or not to optimize the compiler and standard library
+# Note: the slowness of the non optimized compiler compiling itself usually
+#       outweighs the time gains in not doing optimizations, therefore a
+#       full bootstrap takes much more time with optimize set to false.
 #optimize = true
 
 # Number of codegen units to use for each compiler invocation. A value of 0