Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:44:44 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Christopher Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Excessive exe sizes
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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Christopher Croughton wrote:

> This is because it would somehow merge
> duplicate definitions, yes?  So if you said "int x; int x;" it would
> merge tham and then generate code to destroy 'x' twice?

Yes.

> does any other C++ compiler have this problem?

I have no idea.  I try to stay away of C++ as much as I can.  Maybe other 
compilers just let you fail if you define the same object twice?

> In the meantime, it sounds as though compressing the executable is the 
> answer.  Or are there problems with that as well?

Not that I know of.  But then I'm not that excited about the size of the 
.exe files I get ;-).