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From:	lehmann AT mathematik DOT th-darmstadt DOT de (Alexander Lehmann)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Size optimizations?
Date:	23 Jul 1996 14:40:20 GMT
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Jan Oonk (jan AT stack DOT urc DOT tue DOT nl) wrote:
: Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:

: : On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Josh Stevens wrote:

: : > Sorry if this is in the FAQ, but *I* sure couldn't find it.  Are there
: : > any optimizations you guys can suggest that would reduce the size of a
: : > C++ .exe file?

: : You probably have an old FAQ.  The latest version 2.01 (v2/faq201b.zip) 
: : has an entire section 8.15 devoted to this.

: : And remember to link with -s, otherwise your executable includes all the 
: : symbols.

: And if I remember correctly dont use -O2 or -O3 or the compiler will make
: all funcitons calls inline!

-O2 turns on basically all `normal' optimizations, except a few like
inlining. -O3 turns on inlining and will usually make the code much
larger.


bye, Alexander

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