Thoughts about static linking and reducing size of binaries

Wed Mar 14 22:22:00 GMT 2001

On 14 Mar 2001, Tom Tromey wrote:
> The GNU linker already has a "section GC" feature. The C++ compiler
> can put every function (including virtual functions) into its own
> section, and then let the linker only link in the minimal required
> set.

provided you don't use reflection, I assume? That'd eliminate most of my
stuff :(
Nevertheless it'd be interesting to see how well it works.
Jeff