[fpc-pascal] Size of program vs library ?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 16 May 2017, fredvs wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt wrote
>> On Tue, 16 May 2017, fredvs wrote:
>> 
>>> Michael Van Canneyt wrote
>>>> What can be misunderstood about adding --gc-sections to the linker 
>>>> options if -XX is used on the command-line ?
>>>
>>> Ha, the way you present it seems to show that you did understand it ;-)
>>>
>>> OK, maybe is it time to add a feature request...
>> 
>> Before filing a request, you can already check yourself what happens with
>> form data if you compile a lazarus form into the library.
>> 
>> Michael.
>
> Huh, with all the respect that I have for LCL, I was never able to compile a
> Lazarus form into library (even without --gc-sections or -XX) .
> On the other side, with forms from fpGUI or MSEgui, no form data loosed
> while compiling forms into library with --gc-sections.

As far as I know, they don't use FPC resources for this ?

>
> PS: Re-huh, the libraries that I compile do not store form-data (even no
> data at all).

Possibly, but this is something that must be checked before implementing
such an option...

Michael.