Object size?

[Andy Valencia]

On Wednesday, 13 March 2024 at 18:25:25 UTC, kinke wrote:
> This isn't LDC-specific and regularly comes up as beginner's 
> topic (in general forums, try a search). One thing is that 
> druntime and Phobos are linked statically by default (with 
> official LDC packages at least; distro versions might not); 
> with LDC, use `-link-defaultlib-shared` to link the shared 
> variants. That's a pretty constant offset though, so for tiny 
> hello-world programs, it might seem huge, but rest assured, it 
> doesn't go on like this when the program becomes fleshier.
>
> The 2nd thing is that templates can easily lead to an explosion 
> of code. Phobos' std.format is a prime and well-known example 
> of that, sadly. If you use `-vcg-ast` for compiling your little 
> .d, the compiler will generate a `*.d.cg` file with the 
> instantiated templates. You'll see that it's almost 20k lines 
> (~430 KB of source code).

Thank you!  A wealth of avenues.  It's particularly encouraging 
that this executable growth doesn't scale with LOC--that would be 
a little intimidating.  I will head off and research the areas 
you've listed.

Andy