shared defaultlib with dmd

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:04:15PM +0000, forkit via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> so I use this compile command (on Windows, using ldc)
> 
> -link-defaultlib-shared=true
> 
> Then (in simple example) the size of my compiled .exe:
> 
> From 806KB down to 18KB
> 
> Oh. That's so much nicer on my SSD ;-)
> 
> (yes, I understand the implictions here of dynamic sharing, but I
> test/compile/debug so much, that I'd like to limit the impact on my
> SSD drive.
[...]

Uhm... are you SURE this is actually nicer on your SSD?  For all you
know, it could be writing the 806KB first and then optimizing that
in-place to reduce it to 18KB...  Just because the final file size is
small doesn't mean there aren't any large intermediate files.


T

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