A build process that compiles, copies, or performs some other work when it is not necessary to perform the work is inefficient.

一个构建文件在不必执行诸如编译、拷贝或其他工作任务的时候执行这些等任务是低效的。

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During the build process, the build agent compiles and does other work with your source files.

在生成过程中，生成代理将编译源文件，并对源文件执行其他操作。

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Xinhua compiles such statistics assiduously to measure the impact of its work.

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