On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 02:41:29PM +0200, Mattias G?rtner wrote: > > > > Note that unneeded parts in an .exe might also be a LCL architectural > > problem, not necessarily per se smartlinking. Often if units are referenced, > > init code is run that touches a lot of stuff. > > Yes. There are two LCL design problems with smart linking: > - published properties/methods needed for RTTI forms > - the register mechanism of the LCL interfaces
> The first could theoretically be remedied like KOL did. Which is? > The later was done to keep the code maintainable. > Smart linking could be improved a lot, but not without a price. Btw, I saw expanding RTTI on Verity Stobs and Nick Hodges agenda: http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/02/04/39200 Brr. In the CG forums it is also often asked, but the problem with those is that there is never any discussion about downsides of new features. _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
