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Re: Thoughts about static linking and reducing size of binaries
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Thoughts about static linking and reducing size of binaries
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:21:38 -0500 (EST)
- cc: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
On 14 Mar 2001, Tom Tromey wrote:
> The GNU linker already has a "section GC" feature. The C++ compiler
> can put every function (including virtual functions) into its own
> section, and then let the linker only link in the minimal required
> set.
provided you don't use reflection, I assume? That'd eliminate most of my
stuff :(
Nevertheless it'd be interesting to see how well it works.
Jeff