Object.factory() and exe file size bloat

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On Friday, 21 August 2015 at 05:24:52 UTC, BBasile wrote:
> On Friday, 21 August 2015 at 05:06:47 UTC, 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:
...
>
> Other alternatives would be a pragma or an attribute to disable 
> TypeInfo generation.
> @NoTI.


1. "Since it is compiled in the {$M+} state, the compiler 
generates RTTI (Run-Time Type Information) for it and all classes 
that descend from it."

http://freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tpersistent.html



2. "Published properties are included in RTTI, public properties 
aren't"

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3157648/whats-the-difference-between-public-and-published-class-members-in-delphi