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Re: [GCC 3.0] Bad regression, binary size
- To: Marc dot Espie at liafa dot jussieu dot fr, dewar at gnat dot com
- Subject: Re: [GCC 3.0] Bad regression, binary size
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:42:07 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
<<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.
>>
I really can't agree that a 2% difference in object size is a significant
regression. Optimization is a trade off between size and execution speed,
and you may well get variations in this range from one version of a compiler
to another.
An embedded system with only 2% headroom is an abomination.
As for fitting on a floppy, that really entirely marginal. it sounds like
you have been desparately close the floppy limit for a while, and at this
stage nothing gets distributed on floppies anyway.