[Lazarus] Size of binaries etc.

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
>>> I did some tests here and I guess this is simply the normal size of an
>>> app if you use ComCtrls. 1,5MB was for a minimal app with a form and
>>> some buttons. ComCtrls alone adds 1MB You can check this in the menu
>>> Project->Show used ppu files (might be 0.9.31+ only).
> 
> Can't see it in trunk. Is it from an optional package?
> 
>> I get rather larger here but I'll take another look at that later- 
>> thanks for the "Show used" hint.
> 
> Brought trunk up to date, compiled with 2.6.0. FPC itself is compiled 
> with -O- -gl, ld is version 2.20.1.
> 
> On Linux x86 (Debian "Squeeze") with gtk2, freshly-created minimal 
> project with full optimisation, no debug, optimise for minimum size and 
> smart linking comes to 3,459,960 bytes.

Building FPC with similar optimisation etc. reduces the binary to 
3,414,296 bytes, presumably by knocking out 40K of RTL/FTL which seems 
realistic.

> That's... such a disparity from what I've been told to expect that I'd 
> appreciate any suggestions as to where I should be looking for problems.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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