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In <9509141449.AA03897@vital> albert@inrs-telecom.uquebec.ca (Albert Golembiowski) writes:

: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.

With g++ 2.6.3 you typically instantiate a whole class. This means that
also member functions are instantiated which you do not need -- and which
possible also need other template instantiations.

The -frepo option only expands those member actually needed (which still
can be more then used, for example when you have virtual member functions.)

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