Re: [boost] MPL Code bloat on GCC

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-25 22:52:15

"Jaap Suter" <J.Suter_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering whether anybody has any tips to fight code-bloat on GCC. I'm
> using the MPL in rather 'extravagant' ways, and I have object files from 4
> to 6 mb, and a final executable that is 16 mb. My object files and
> executable using the Intel compiler and MSVC are a lot smaller (ca. 300 kb
> and 905 kb respectively).
>
> I have checked the following:
>
> http://www.diamand.org/bloat.html
> http://www.garloff.de/kurt/freesoft/gcc/
> http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/faq.htm
> http://www.accu.org/acornsig/public/cathlib/docs/bloat.html
>
> but none of them really apply or help. I'm not really sure I understand the
> reasons for the bloat either. Normally template-bloat is caused by having a
> template instantiation appear in more than one translation unit, and them
> not being dropped during the linking fase. However, in  my case it is the
> object files themselves that are really big already, whereas they are small
> on Intel and MSVC.

Try turning off debug symbols; GCC spends a long time and a lot of
disk generating them.

HTH,
-- 
                       David Abrahams
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