[fpc-devel] NONE smart link broken on windows?

[Sven Barth]

Martin Frb via fpc-devel <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Fr.,
24. Apr. 2026, 17:13:

> See the example below. Complied on Linux and windows.  (fpc 3.3.1)
>     fpc  -O- -gw3   project.lpr
>
> then using
>    strings project | grep TLIST
>
> On linux entries for *all* methods of TList are present.
> On Windows that is NOT the case.
>
> Why?
>
>
>
> program Project1;
> uses classes;
> var l: TList;
> begin
>    l := TList.Create;
>    l.add(nil);
> end.
>

On Windows the internal linker can better omit unused sections while debug
information is enabled while with ELF it can't.

Regards,
Sven

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