Code Bloat g++

[Neelakanth Nadgir]

> > I now generally configure gcc --with-gnu-as --without-gnu-ld under
> > Solaris.
> 
> Of course, GNU ld would remove duplicate template instantiations;
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld does not.
> 


Can you give me a pointer as to how I could test this ? I.e. solaris
ld doesnt remove duplicate instantiations ??

I tried compiling a simple program and then tried to link it using
solaris ld and gnu ld, but got lot of errors..

any help would be greatly appreciated. 

thanks,
-neelakanth