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
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