exe file size

[yidabu]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:14:23 +0000 (UTC)
John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello huurd,
> 
> > I use dwt+dwtx, a hello word exe size is 22M, after I use upx the size
> > is 800kb.
> > 
> > exe file appears to be a lot of meaningless repeat, how to remove it?
> > 
> 
> 
> 22M is distastefully huge for a hello world example using dwt and dwtx :(. 
>  Like other's suggested, maybe debug info is getting compiled in due to a 
> -g switch. 
> 
> The file size still may end up being several megabytes, though, even without 
> the debug info.  This is more of an annoyance, than a hindrance. DWT has 
> a lot to offer; so most people end up coping with the size issue, especially 
> if they know they can use something like upx to squeeze things tight.
> 
> I can't exactly remember what the cause of this is, but I think it has something 
> to do with scads of "hidden" D symbols (moduleinfo?) produced by the D compiler 
> for projects that have a combination of (1) tons of modules and (2) many 
> interdependencies amongst modules such that even a small project ends up 
> linking in ALL (or nearly so) classes from the framework.  This, unfortunately, 
> is one of DWT's weaknesses.  I wish the language could help DWT by fixing 
> that, but I don't know if that is possible.  Other alternatives that might 
> help reduce the problem (I think) is integrating multiple modules into one 
> file...but that tends to hinder the whole idea of organization and namespace 
> clarity. If DWT were to do this, it would also break import compatibility 
> with SWT.  There are a few reasons why this approach is not desirable.
> 
> But I hear you.  I really don't like unnecessary bloat either.  It would 
> be great if we had some super smart tools that could pair things down a bit.
> 
> -JJR
> 

I use dsss 0.75 to build static dwt-win library.
use dmd + gnu make to build binary.

It's small binary size. only issue is it takes more times to build a static library.



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