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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] binary size:boost::serialization and boost::variant
From: Tyler Littlefield (tyler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-24 00:43:53

hello,
It wasn't to big until I started serializing variants, which was when it got huge. currently the 13m is in debug, but even without the debug symbols it's about 1.1m larger than it was before I took the leap to boost.

                Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
        http://tds-solutions.net
        Twitter: sorressean

On Jan 23, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:

> 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
>> Twitter: sorressean 
> 
> 
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