exe file size

[Bill Baxter]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM, John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
>
>> I think the build time of dwt apps is a much bigger issue right now
>> than the size of exes.  The size of exes can be reduced using hacks
>> like upx, but there is no fix for the long build times as far as I
>> know.
>>
>> --bb
>>
>
>
> Totally agree.  The size is just an annoyance.  But currently the build
> times are pretty bad.  Recently, I've been frustrating over this especially
> while working on the Browser port.  Everytime I want to test a fix, I have
> to recompile... which takes ages.  This seems to be partly due to the dsss
> dependency (recent version is sloooow).  I've been thinking of adding some
> sort of shell script or "make" file to see if this can be improved... at
> least for sanities' sake. :-(
>
> -JJR

Build times with the new dsss push me way past the sanity point, so
I've gone back to 0.76, which I think may have never been released.  I
think I built it myself from sources.

Build times with 0.76 are just barely tolerable with my app.  But my
colleague was telling me today that he wants to do his work on a
small, non-DWT test app instead of the main app because the build
times are too frustrating for him.

If I were forced to use the latest DSSS, I'd defnitely be trying to do
whatever I could to improve the build times, including using "make" if
that's what it took.

Hmm... Now that dmd -v will spit out all the modules imported, it
might be possible to use that to create a makefile (or a make.deps for
use by a makefile) automatically.

--bb