Delphi 7 compile getting slower over time?

Question

My project has around 400 units, it takes 20-40secs to compile after a fresh reboot, then than 1-5secs for sub-sequent re-compiles, so far so good.

After working for over 3-6 hours, compiling takes 1-3mins for sub-sequent re-compiles, which forces me to reboot everytime.

Is there a leak somewhere in D7? Is it problem of Windows XP? It's getting very frustrating...

Anybody encountered this problem?

Edit1 DelphiSpeedup doesn't seem to improve the problem, it still occurs....

Answer 1

Older versions of Delphi have known performance problems compiling in the IDE (as compared to the command line), including lots of unnecessary file access.

Delphi Speedup fixes some problems in the IDE, including improvements for compiling, linking and Map file creation. It might help in your situation.