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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: bloated .exe when compiled on linux
Date: 29 Feb 2004 19:58:23 GMT
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Tim Nicholson <tim AT gizzy DOT dot DOT co DOT dot DOT uk> wrote:

[...]

> the information provided by -gcoff has always been adequate in the
> past.

It's adequate as long as

1) you don't #include source (other than headers) files into others
2) you stick to using C instead of C++

1) is be fixed by the step to -gstabs, but to fully support C++
debugging, you really do need DWARF2, they say.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.