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Re: libstdc++, disable streams
- From: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>
- To: Alex Derbeev <derbeev at tut dot by>
- Cc: libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 01:25:21 -0700
- Subject: Re: libstdc++, disable streams
- Organization: Red Hat / Paris
- References: <1078796465.20020604154345@tut.by>
- Reply-to: bkoz at redhat dot com
> It'll be nice to allow one to disable streams while using all other
> c++ library stuff - it can significantly decrease executable size.
> STLport does allow that.
I am unconvinced. I spent a lot of time tuning for (shared, not static)
size. Static binary size is another question altogether, and I think the
proper place for work on this is not in the library itself, but more
intelligence in the linker.
-benjamin