From: baldo AT chasque DOT apc DOT org
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 18:33:38 -0300
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Changes the size of exe or not?
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>On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 baldo AT chasque DOT apc DOT org wrote:
>
>> >		gcc -o myprog.exe f1.c f2.c mylib.a
>> >
>> >The linker will only link in the functions that your program calls.
>> 	Hello Eli. Are you sure about that? It does not include all the entire
>> object file and not the library? I think it works in an object file basis:
>> if the program needs only a function of an object file, it includes all the
>> object file.
>
>Yes, you are right.  That's why I also said to put every function on
>its own source file.  That way, every object file will have only one
>function.
>
	Hello. Now I have a curios cuestion: why a lot of compilers canīt remove
individual functions from an object file? It would be nice to add a switch
to DJGPP to remove unused individual object funcions in the linker. Maybe
this is not possible. If not why not? Goodbye!

Ivan Baldo: baldo AT chasque DOT apc DOT org - http://www.chasque.apc.org/baldo