size of executables

[Christian Kamm]

Sivo Schilling Wrote:
>     struct MDSA
>     {
>         float[SD][SD][SD] m2;
>         int[SD][SD][SD]   wt;
>         int[SD][SD][SD]   mr;
>         int[SD][SD][SD]   mg;
>         int[SD][SD][SD]   mb;
>     }
> 
>     MDSA mdsa;

vs

>     float[SD][SD][SD] m2;
>     int[SD][SD][SD]   wt;
>     int[SD][SD][SD]   mr;
>     int[SD][SD][SD]   mg;
>     int[SD][SD][SD]   mb;

In the first case DMD will generate a default initializer for the struct which is probably what you're looking at in the DATA section. I do not think you can stop DMD from doing that - it's part of the TypeInfo instance it generates for the struct.

Christian Kamm