[fpc-pascal] Size of program vs library ?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 16 May 2017, fredvs wrote:

> Maciej Izak wrote
>> 2017-05-16 10:15 GMT+02:00 fredvs <
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>> fiens@
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>> >:
>> 
>>> It works for all situations, so I propose that fpc add --gc-sections as
>>> parameter for the linker if the user has used -XX parameter to compile a
>>> library.
>>>
>> 
>> for features requests please use https://bugs.freepascal.org .
>> 
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Maciej Izak
>> 
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> Thanks but before to ask for that (essential) feature: ---> advices, ideas,
> warnings are welcome.
>
> Also, as you can see, it is important to be sure that the request is
> perfectly understood (and, sorry, but I have lot of doubt about this).

And why is that ?

What can be misunderstood about adding --gc-sections to the linker 
options if -XX is used on the command-line ?

Michael.