From:	gautier_niouzes AT hotmail DOT com (Gautier)
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Subject:	Re: Object file linking
Date:	10 Aug 2001 03:18:06 -0700
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J.W. Dare :

> Suppose I have an object file with quite a few function definitions.
> At compile time does all of the code in the object file get linked
> into the executable or just the code for the functions that are
> actually called by main.

You mean at link time, I suppose.
The standard linker does no unused code trimming.
There are source-based tools like gnatelim, and maybe a gnu
smart linker under work.
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