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From: DHGW39B AT prodigy DOT com (Mr. Eric Domazlicky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Size optimizations?
Date: 22 Jul 1996 19:12:24 GMT
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> C++ .exe file?  The reason I ask is that I'm getting sizes of well
> over 1 MB for a relatively simple test program that manipulates and
> draws some scaled bitmaps (and has no user interface).  Sure, I
> expected the .exe to be large -- I'm using STL and lots of inline
> functions -- but does it have to be this large?  Thanks.
Watch the size of any global arrays which you allocate statically 
because they will add to the size of your exe file for instance:

char array[64000];

main() {;}

seems to make the exe size 64000 bytes longer. I could be wrong but 
this seems to the case. The solution to this is of course to allocate 
the array dynamically by using malloc() or new calls.

 
Eric Domazlicky
dhgw39b AT prodigy DOT com