Python linker

[Ben Sizer]

Sion Arrowsmith wrote:
> Er, what? How are you generating your standalone executables? What
> size is "acceptable"? python24.dll is only 1.8M -- surely on any
> non-embedded platform these days 1.8M isn't worth bothering about.
> And since you mention wx (all of another 4.8M) I'd guess we're
> talking about desktop applications. Who's going to notice if your
> executable is a couple of M slimmer?

I've considered making a few lightweight GUI apps in the past but you
just can't do it with wxPython. When you have similar products done in
Visual C++ weighing in at kilobytes rather than megabytes, it's hard to
convince people that it's worth downloading your product. Say I wanted
to develop a simple Notepad clone with 1 or 2 extra features: the MS
executable is 68Kb, yet to simulate it in wxPython would be over 5MB;
nobody would want it. I suppose you can use the msvcrt library directly
and cut out wx from the dependencies, but sadly the Python overhead is
still a slight deterrent.

Not that I see an easy solution to this, of course.

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Ben Sizer