Use zlib compression in DIEDistinctData block to reduce size of distinct data in the debug info representation of MCCAS #7847
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To reduce the size of DIEDistinctData, which accounts for over 50% of the size of a CAS after a 10 day build, a cheap way to get some space savings is by using zlib compression, which seems to yield some impressive results.
Size of MCCAS before this patch:
Size of MCCAS after this patch:
We reduce the size of the debug_DIE_distinct_data block from 8.2 GB to 3.8 GB, or 53.6%!
The patch also doesn't seem to add too much time to replay either:
Before this patch, replay of commit e31d893: 24.907 s
After this patch, replay of commit e31d893: 25.239 s