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

[Sven Barth]

Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am
Mi., 16. Juni 2021, 13:32:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:30:55 +0200, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal
> <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
> >> Since the final binary size after using strip -s on the exe file is
> >> 271 kb it seems a bit big!
> >> Or is there a lot behind the scenes I have missed?
> >
> >Classes is a hog.
> >
> I commented it away ane recompiled.
> Worked fine so Classes is not needed. :)
>
> And the executable size after strip -s is now 126 kb. A big improvement!
>
> But compile did not say used unit Classes was not needed...
>

Because the Classes unit has initialization and finalization sections. If a
unit contains such it is always considered as needed, after all these
sections might be used to register something in a third unit.

Regards,
Sven

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