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Re: ")" HUGE! output from 2.7.0!

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From: Albert Golembiowski
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 14:50
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ag> From: khan@xraylith.wisc.edu (Mumit Khan) writes:
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ag> IMO, is to upgrade to 2.7.0 and use the repo patch; I've seen upto 50%
ag> reduction in executable sizes using -frepo instead of
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ag> -fno-implicit-templates and supplying gcc 2.6.3 with manual
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Could you elaborate on why using `-frepo' might have any influence on 
the exec size? I thought it is only picking up missing template
instantiations and I don't see how this can have any impact.

Thank you,

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Date: 14 Sep 1995 10:50:00 -0400
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