On May 27, 2007, at 11:03 AM, gga wrote:
>>> FLTK's footprint needs to be made smaller by proper use of
>>> Makefiles.
>>
>> How? If you remove autoconf/configure, then you lose the ability
>> to support a diverse range of systems.
>>
>
> Sorry, this should not read proper use of Makefiles but proper use of
> compiler options. Currently fltk is incorrectly exposing all of its
> symbols instead of stripping them. This makes the fltk .so library be
> several megs when its footprint could probably be reduced to only a
> couple of Kb (or forces you to link it statically and be locked to a
> specific fltk version).
> Using __attribute__("hidden/visible") calls for gcc and DLLEXPORT
> stuff
> on windows and having the makefile strip symbols should bring fltk's
> footprint to something *much* more competitive to any other toolkit.
That should be pretty easy because we already use FL_EXPORT macros on
every symbol that should be public (to support VisualC). It's just a
matter of setting the macro correctly then.
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