Object.factory() and exe file size bloat

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 8/21/15 1:06 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> This function:
>
>    http://dlang.org/phobos/object.html#.Object.factory
>
> enables a program to instantiate any class defined in the program. To
> make it work, though, every class in the program has to have a TypeInfo
> generated for it. This leads to bloat:
>
>    https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14758
>
> and sometimes the bloat can be overwhelming.
>
> The solution seems straightforward - only have Object.factory be able to
> instantiate classes marked as 'export'. This only makes sense anyway.
>
> What do you think?

Knee-jerk reaction: sensible and meaningful, but we need to make a good 
case for breaking code. -- Andrei