[fpc-pascal] Size of program vs library ?

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On 2017-05-16 09:20, 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

Hrm... I think way back I was able to compile a lcl form into a library, 
as a plugin for lazarusrb, but, had issues with showmessage requiring 
two mouse clicks instead of one click to close it, or some strange 
behaviors..

But it was such a long time ago that I forgot. Some strange message loop 
issues AFAIR