[fpc-pascal] Executable size question

[Pianoman]

Helo everyone, I would like to ask why are exes generated by FPC so big?
Simple writeln('Hi'); has about 28 KB. Old FPC 1.0.0 for example  created
for the same code only 14 kb exe.
What Should I do to reduce the file size (without compression)
Pianoman
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> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:09:21 -0700
> From: L505 <fpc505 at z505.com>
> Subject: [fpc-pascal] const pchar parameters?
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> When using pchars, what happens when one does this:
>
> function test(const input: pchar): integer;
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> Is this a pointer to a pchar? Or is it just a pchar?
>
> i.e. below is bad:
> function test(var input: pchar): integer;
>
>
> So what about a const pchar paramater... Is it a read only pchar, or a
read only
> pointer to a pchar?
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>
> --
> L505
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> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:17:20 +0100
> From: Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>
> Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] const pchar parameters?
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> On 31 Dec 2005, at 19:09, L505 wrote:
>
> > When using pchars, what happens when one does this:
> >
> > function test(const input: pchar): integer;
> >
> > Is this a pointer to a pchar? Or is it just a pchar?
>
> It can be either of those. The compiler is free to choose what it
> does. All you know for sure is that when you try to assign something
> to "input", the compiler will throw an error.
>
> x
> Jonas
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:33:45 +0000
> From: Tony Pelton <tpelton at gmail.com>
> Subject: [fpc-pascal] XML DOM stuff
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> hi all,
>
> i've been toiling over the DOM implementation with the FCL for a few hours
now.
>
> i had successfully used the XMLRead code to load a DOM from an XML file.
>
> i had successfully mutated said document and used XMLWrite to persist
> those changes to the DOM.
>
> i've now been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out
> how to build a DOM "from scratch" in code.
>
> My trouble begins because it would seem that i don't get a "well
> formed" document by doing a straight "Create()" of an TXMLDocument.
>
> i've been digging around inside of the XMLRead code for a bit, trying
> to understand what _it_ does to get a document going from an XML
> source file.
>
> it's confusing to me.
>
> i see some casting and subclassing inside of the XMLRead code that
> seems to allow for the creation of a well formed TXMLDocument, but i
> don't see anything that leads me to a well formed API or "factory" for
> being able to instantiate an "empty" but well formed XML document
> myself.
>
> minimally, i'm having problems because i can't see how to get a
> DocumentElement attached to the DOM instance via a user serviceable
> API call.
>
> so i can't attach any new elements to the document after a Create().
>
> what am i missing ?
>
> tia,
> Tony
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