Re: [Boost-users] binary size:boost::serialization and boost::variant

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] binary size:boost::serialization and boost::variant
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-24 00:44:35

do you use static or dynamic linking of the library?   I presume this
is compiled for release.   This issues with size are related to
template programming in general and not to the serialization
library in particular.

Robert Ramey

Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> Hello,
> When working with the serialization my project's binary isn't overly
> bloated, until I add in the serialization. The debug size becomes
> about 13M with the size of the binary with symbols stripped being
> about 1.1M larger than before I included the variant.hpp. Is there
> any reason for this, or a way it can be solved? I'd rather not
> distribute a binary this large if I can help it.
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> http://tds-solutions.net
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