Re: Ada interacting with Windows 8.1+ GUI

[Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 26 Oct 2018, Simon Wright wrote
(in article <lyefcckenz.fsf@pushface.org>):

> Bill Findlay<findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>  writes:
>
> > On 26 Oct 2018, Simon Wright wrote
> > (in article <lyin1pjca1.fsf@pushface.org>):
> >
> > > joakimds@kth.se writes:
> > >
> > > > Isn't it easy for the compiler to optimize away/remove the code that
> > > > is not used?
> > >
> > > Not so much in a library package where some subprograms don't have to be
> > > used by the overall program.
> > >
> > > You can compile with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections which say each
> > > subprogram/data object resp. is to have its own section. If your linker
> > > supports (the equivalent of) -gc-sections. linking with it means that
> > > only the used sections get linked. This is fine for (arm-eabi) embedded
> > > systems &  (probably) Linux. which use GNU ld, but not on macOS. Can't
> > > say for Windows.
> > >
> > > GNAT provides gnatelim, which analyses your code and (?) regenerates it
> > > without the unused objects. No idea how well this works.
> >
> > Does :
> >
> > -Wl,-dead_strip -Wl,-dead_strip
> >
> > not work on macOS instead of:
>
> I don't think you have to say it twice! - but, yes, thanks

I was under the impression you had to say it separately for
data-sections and function-sections, but I could easily be wrong.

-- 
Bill Findlay