Two standard libraries?

[Don Clugston]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Nicolai Waniek wrote:
>>
>> My problem with both libraries is that I just use a subset of their 
>> features,
>> but I get the whole package compiled into my projects - and though we 
>> have 250GB
>> HDDs, i want my applications be (damn) small.
> 
> At this point, there are two factors that bloat D executables: TypeInfo, 
> and file-level linking.  We're likely stuck with the former, but if the 
> latter could be addressed then things would improve tremendously. 
> Unfortunately, this suggests that we'll need a new linker for Win32.

For the former, perhaps it would be possible to have an extension to the module 
statement to indicate "this module should not generate any TypeInfo".
I'm particularly thinking of things like the Windows headers, which should 
entirely disappear if not used.