Size of generated programs

[Bernd Schmidt]

> I've had egcs up and running for a few days now, and have encountered no
> problems with the programs I've compiled (other than the ones I make for 
> myself).  One thing I've noticed is that the stripped executables are 
> significantly larger than those I get with gcc2.  I compile with
> 
> -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -malign-*=0  -malign-double -march=pentium (or
> -m486).
> 
> Any idea why this happens?

libgcc2.a seems to contain some more code if DWARF2_UNWIND_INFO is defined.
This gets linked into every executable, regardless of whether it uses
exceptions or not.

Bernd