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[Dev-C++] Executable size with stl

[Philip B. <ph...@bl...>]

Hi all,

I noticed that when using MinGw and the stl (e.g. iostream, string, vector etc) the executable gets ridiculously large - sometimes over 1 mb! My project settings are set to the "Optimize More" option, no debugging or profiling information is generated, and the executable is set to be stripped. Yet, we get these huge files and it simply does not seem logical. Is there any way to reduce this? Perhaps if I could find an alternate implementation of the stl somewhere?

Kind regards,

Philip Bennefall

Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size with stl

[Chris M. <lor...@gm...>]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Philip Bennefall <ph...@bl...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that when using MinGw and the stl (e.g. iostream, string, vector
> etc) the executable gets ridiculously large - sometimes over 1 mb! My
> project settings are set to the "Optimize More" option, no debugging or
> profiling information is generated, and the executable is set to be
> stripped. Yet, we get these huge files and it simply does not seem logical.
> Is there any way to reduce this? Perhaps if I could find an alternate
> implementation of the stl somewhere?

IIRC, this is because it has to include the GNU STL implementation
into the binary, otherwise you'd need to have the applicable DLL's
installed on the client machine as well as your application
executable.

I could be wrong, I haven't used DevC++ in a while, but that's what I remember.

HTH.

-- 
Registered Linux Addict #431495
For Faith and Family! | John 3:16!
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Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size with stl

[Philip B. <ph...@bl...>]

Hi Chris,

Sounds logical, though no less annoying. Grins. Thank you for the 
clarification.

Kind regards,

Philip Bennefall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Miller" <lor...@gm...>
To: "Philip Bennefall" <ph...@bl...>
Cc: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size with stl


> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Philip Bennefall <ph...@bl...> 
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I noticed that when using MinGw and the stl (e.g. iostream, string, 
>> vector
>> etc) the executable gets ridiculously large - sometimes over 1 mb! My
>> project settings are set to the "Optimize More" option, no debugging or
>> profiling information is generated, and the executable is set to be
>> stripped. Yet, we get these huge files and it simply does not seem 
>> logical.
>> Is there any way to reduce this? Perhaps if I could find an alternate
>> implementation of the stl somewhere?
>
> IIRC, this is because it has to include the GNU STL implementation
> into the binary, otherwise you'd need to have the applicable DLL's
> installed on the client machine as well as your application
> executable.
>
> I could be wrong, I haven't used DevC++ in a while, but that's what I 
> remember.
>
> HTH.
>
> -- 
> Registered Linux Addict #431495
> For Faith and Family! | John 3:16!
> http://www.fsdev.net/


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Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size with stl

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

Yes, the binary do get quite big as soon as the linker has to start
add in the C++ libraries. This is a big bump, but then you will be able to
add a lot of code again with quite small increase in the size of the
binary.

But for doing a tiny utility application, it seems like a waste to get so
large binaries. I normally use my own implementations of most function
when creating smaller applications.

/pwm

On Sun, 7 Feb 2010, Philip Bennefall wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Sounds logical, though no less annoying. Grins. Thank you for the
> clarification.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Philip Bennefall
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Miller" <lor...@gm...>
> To: "Philip Bennefall" <ph...@bl...>
> Cc: <dev...@li...>
> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Executable size with stl
>
>
> > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Philip Bennefall <ph...@bl...>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I noticed that when using MinGw and the stl (e.g. iostream, string,
> >> vector
> >> etc) the executable gets ridiculously large - sometimes over 1 mb! My
> >> project settings are set to the "Optimize More" option, no debugging or
> >> profiling information is generated, and the executable is set to be
> >> stripped. Yet, we get these huge files and it simply does not seem
> >> logical.
> >> Is there any way to reduce this? Perhaps if I could find an alternate
> >> implementation of the stl somewhere?
> >
> > IIRC, this is because it has to include the GNU STL implementation
> > into the binary, otherwise you'd need to have the applicable DLL's
> > installed on the client machine as well as your application
> > executable.
> >
> > I could be wrong, I haven't used DevC++ in a while, but that's what I
> > remember.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > --
> > Registered Linux Addict #431495
> > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16!
> > http://www.fsdev.net/
>
>
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