[fpc-pascal] Will the size of an executable depend on the uses clause

[Tomas Hajny]

On 2021-06-16 11:38, Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal wrote:
> Op 2021-06-16 om 11:21 schreef Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal:
>>  Or if they contain $R inclusions.
>> 
>> ...or many other things which may not be smartlinked, either because 
>> it is not possible, or because the compiler and/or linker cannot do it 
>> right now.
>> 
> Yes. But it is good to keep the things that fundamentally can't be
> smartlinked (like init sections and resource files) apart from the
> ones that might not be smartlinkable  yet, which is only a temporary
> assessment of a target.

Well, as an example - if you add FV units App and Views to your uses 
clause, it increases the binary size for mainstream targets as well, 
although these units don't contain initialization sections nor $R 
inclusions. The best recommendation is IMHO different - just pay 
attention to which units you really need/use rather than using a general 
collection.

Tomas