[Issue 14758] TypeInfo causes excessive binary bloat

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14758

--- Comment #13 from Mike <slavo5150 at yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to Martin Nowak from comment #10)

> I don't think you can properly use D on a small SoC with TypeInfo or
> ModuleInfo.

Yes, it is seldom needed, but the current toolchain implementation is too
tightly coupled to it, so it's not so easily removed.  See
http://forum.dlang.org/post/nfqgmfvixhgjsvtvmnsk@forum.dlang.org for a relevant
discussion.

> Please try the -betterC switch, it's supposed to avoid all runtime
> dependencies.

If you look at the example posted in the initial comment of this issue, you
will see that the -betterC switch was used, yet the dead code remains.

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