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Subject:	Re: program size increase with djdev204
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> From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?David_M=FCller?= <dave DOT mueller AT gmx DOT ch>
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:37:44 +0100
> 
> I see a 25% increase of the resulting program size when i switch from
> djdev203 to djdev204. The rest of the environment (program source, gcc,
> binutils and compile option) is still the same.
> 
> Below are the outputs from the "size" program:
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   70128	   5120	  20480	  95728	  175f0	test_203.exe
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   92144	   5632	  22528	 120304	  1d5f0	test_204.exe
> 
> 
> Any idea what is causing this and how to get rid of this code bloat?

I'm guessing that this is because the v2.04 library supports symlinks,
so its code is larger.

If you think symlinks (and other new features introduced in v2.04) are
``bloat'', then keep using v2.03.

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