Be able to skip compiling fermion instantiations altogether #485
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Fermion instantiations get expensive to compile at large$N_c$ . This PR adds the facility to skip their compilation altogether, by passing
--disable-fermion-instantiationsat configure time. This substantially speeds up compilation, going from runningmake -j32to havinglibGrid.ain two minutes on Tursa.This is beneficial to those working on pure gauge problems, or optimising gauge actions, as it avoids needing to wait for unused instantiations to compile. It can also speed up installation of tooling that instantiates all the fermions that it needs to make use of (e.g. because it works at multiple values of Nc).
Guards are placed around all tests/benchmarks/examples making use of fermion instantiations such that
makeexits successfully, although obviously not all generated executables are functional.