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Subject: Re: How to use Zero Footprint runtime with GNAT GPL 2017
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On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 11:35:09 PM UTC+2, ake.ragna...@gmail.com wrote=
:
> On windows 10 the hello world executable goes from 952kb to 131kb with th=
e ZFP runtime, and on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 the executable goes from 588kb to =
11kb. Comparing with hello world application for C++, the executable is 109=
kb on Windows 10 and 7,5kb in Linux Ubuntu.

If you are concerned about the size of the executable, you should use the -=
ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections compiler switches and let the linker=
 garbage collect unused symbols away (linker switch --gc-sections). See htt=
p://docs.adacore.com/gnat_ugn-docs/html/gnat_ugn/gnat_ugn.html section 6.3.=
3.

The you maybe don't need the ZFP runtime.

Regards,

Mark L