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| I was a bit overoptimistic about linker stripping unused functions. | I was a bit overoptimistic about linker stripping unused functions. | ||
| - | It turns out that functions are linked with object granularity so adding ''strtoull()'' to ''core/misc.c'' which is used only on linux was in fact included in other builds as well. | + | It turns out that functions are linked with object granularity so adding ''strtoull()'' to ''core/misc.c'' which is used only on linux was in fact growing other builds as well. |
| - | Moved it to a separate object ''core/strtoull.c''. | + | Moved it to a separate object ''core/strtoull.c'' to eliminate that problem. |
| - | That makes me wonder whether we have any dead functions that can be nuked to reduce size. On a similar note [[http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.5/changes.html|gcc 4.5.0]] introduced whole program optimizations, which might be worth looking into. | + | That makes me wonder whether we have any dead functions that can be nuked to reduce size. Also on a similar note [[http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.5/changes.html|gcc 4.5.0]] introduced whole program optimizations, which might be worth looking into. |
| Although I'm waiting for ''4.5.1'' as it also introduced some nasty regressions that are quite noticable on a source-based distro like [[http://www.exherbo.org|exherbo]] that I'm using. | Although I'm waiting for ''4.5.1'' as it also introduced some nasty regressions that are quite noticable on a source-based distro like [[http://www.exherbo.org|exherbo]] that I'm using. | ||
