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Re: [GCC 3.0] Bad regression, binary size
- To: dewar at gnat dot com
- Subject: Re: [GCC 3.0] Bad regression, binary size
- From: Marc Espie <espie at schutzenberger dot liafa dot jussieu dot fr>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:38:12 +0200
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <20010705153135.EA353F2B5E@nile.gnat.com>
- Reply-To: Marc dot Espie at liafa dot jussieu dot fr
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 11:31:35AM -0400, dewar@gnat.com wrote:
> <<2.95.3 + peephole to handle stack adjustment, backported from current:
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 espie wheel 3994332 Jul 5 16:08 bsd
> 3.0:
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 espie wheel 4068067 Jul 5 16:35 bsd
> >>
> I don't understand, are you saying that the less than 2% increase in
> size is so worrisome that you cannot switch? If so, that's an odd
> claim indeed.
Think `embedded systems'. In the case at hand, being able to fit a
compressed image on a floppy or not makes all the difference in the world.
This is a significant regression from 2.95.2. Fortunately, it does seem to
come from some linker issue which I hope to figure out, but be assured this
kind of problem is very serious.