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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
Subject: Re: Size of linked program increasing with new version of GNAT.
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:55:52 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2014-12-26T15:55:52+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m7k0e8$5a2$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1419604367.2226.5.camel@obry.net

On 2014-12-26, Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> wrote:
>
> Since when "bigger size" means worse?
>

When you need the resulting executable to fit in fixed size flash memory. :-)

(I'm answering the general question here and not discussing the OP's
current environment.)

> Have you looked at the actual code size (.text section)?
>

This is exactly what I was going to ask.

It would be interesting for the OP to run the binutils size command on
both executables and post the results.

>
> What is the price of the disk today compared to 10 years ago?
>

Not all executables run on a desktop PC. If current versions of GNAT
have increased the actual minimum executable size this may be of
interest for embedded environments.

Simon.

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Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-26 15:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-25 17:44 Size of linked program increasing with new version of GNAT Tony
2014-12-25 17:57 ` Björn Lundin
2014-12-25 18:36   ` tony7
2014-12-25 19:41     ` Björn Lundin
2014-12-25 20:04       ` Shark8
2014-12-25 20:15       ` tony7
2014-12-25 21:23         ` Shark8
2014-12-25 22:48           ` Peter Chapin
2014-12-27  1:39             ` Randy Brukardt
2014-12-27  6:43               ` Simon Wright
2014-12-27 18:25                 ` Tony
2014-12-27 23:18                   ` Simon Wright
2014-12-29 23:56                   ` Randy Brukardt
2014-12-30 15:21                     ` Björn Lundin
2014-12-30 17:45                     ` Tony
2014-12-30 21:58                       ` Randy Brukardt
2014-12-30 23:51                         ` Shark8
2014-12-31 12:08                     ` Jean François Martinez
2014-12-31 12:45                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-01 12:28                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-12-26 14:32 ` Pascal Obry
2014-12-26 15:48   ` J-P. Rosen
2014-12-26 15:55   ` Simon Clubley [this message]
2014-12-26 20:14     ` Tony
2014-12-27  1:48       ` Randy Brukardt
2014-12-27  9:35     ` Pascal Obry
2014-12-27 21:17     ` Jean François Martinez
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