[C++-sig] Re: Reduce the resulting .so file size

[David Abrahams]

Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 15:33 -0300, João Paulo Fernandes Farias wrote:
>> Hi! 
>> 
>> Is there a way to reduce the final .so file size?
>> 
>> I've ported pyogre to linux and the final .so file is about 63Mb.
> 
> First off, see how much stripping the .so reduces the file size.
> Building with optimization enabled tends to produce much smaller
> extension module code than building without it.
> 
> If you want to try something experimental, use this patch to reduce the
> default symbol visibility in your module:
> http://www.nedprod.com/programs/gccvisibility.html
> 
> You might be able to get away with using a linker version script as
> described in my post of April 2, 2004 in the thread "Loading
> Boost.Python made bindings is horribly slow?".  The caveat to this is
> that it is only really practical if no other module will be using
> symbols from the one that uses this trick.  Otherwise, it's a
> maintenance nightmare.

?? I can't see why you'd say that.  This patch just makes GCC use the
Windows model, which causes no maintenance hassles in my opinion.

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Dave Abrahams
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