[phobos] Why did the exe size just increase by 170K since dmd2.051?

[Walter Bright]

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Monday, February 07, 2011 14:30:18 Walter Bright wrote:
>   
>> compile with the -map option.
>>
>> tl,dr: everything in Phobos/Druntime references everything else.
>>     
>
> Doing stuff like removing eponymous templates from the binary (since all you 
> relaly need is the result, not the template instantiation) would likely help.
>
>   

I'm sorry to bang the drum on this, but the very first step is to 
generate the .map file using the -map switch. Then you *know* what is 
taking up space in the executable. Otherwise, you're doing no better 
than guessing at why Bob's credit card bill is high without ever looking 
at his visa statement.