Executable size affected by module count?

kris foo at bar.com
Thu Jan 25 11:15:16 PST 2007


jcc7 wrote:
> == Quote from kris (foo at bar.com)'s article
> 
>>>>Also: are dmd obj files compatible with any other linker?
>>>
>>>
>>>Any linker that supports the Microsoft OMF format. I know Microsoft
>>>linkers dropped support for it when they went to 32 bits, but I am not
>>>very familiar with other linkers. Pharlap did, but I think they went out
>>>of business.
>>
>>Thanks. This means it's not exactly feasible to check the concern via
>>another linker.
> 
> 
> It's probably a longshot that wouldn't work, but it's possible that the Standalone
> OpenWatcom Tools would be of some use:
> http://cmeerw.org/prog/owtools/
> 
> I haven't tried using any of the tools myself (and the webpage implies that
> development stopped in November 2003), but I thought I'd point this page out in
> case it's of use to you. It mentions: "I am currently working on getting
> OpenWatcom's tools working with Digital Mars C++ to provide an alternative to the
> already dated Digital Mars tools." And one of the tools is called "Open Watcom OMF
> Dump Utility".
> 
> jcc7

That's a good pointer -- thanks, jcc7 :)



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