Re: [?] egcs increases C++ binary size dramatically
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> I did not change any configuration options. I compiled the older package with
> the latest GNU gcc/g++ 2.7.*, and the new one with egcc/eg++. xpdf makes
> quite heavy use of C++, but as it worked with GNU g++ for years, I think we
> can exclude templates, exceptions, ... And yes, the new one is stripped as
> well.
>
> Isn't the size increase a bit much ? Comments ?
It's related to the fact that egcs does exception handling - add
-fno-exceptions to your CFLAGS, and you'll get a shorter binary.
LLaP
bero
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