dmd 1.071 and 2.056 release

[Mike James]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:j8c7gj$2ctn$2 at digitalmars.com...
> On 10/27/2011 7:00 AM, Mike James wrote:
>> Yeh, a simple app I've written has gone from 514k to 1098k in release. 
>> Where has
>> all the extra 'goodness' come from :-O
>
> Take a look at the .map file (run dmc with -map). It'll tell you where the 
> size comes from.

More interestingly if you open up the executable in a hex editor there are 
huge chunks of the .exe padded with zeros...

-=mike=-