Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: >> I thought this was known: >> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/DesignGuidelines > > This is the first I here of this.
Me 2. > I have used FPC since 2.0.2 under Linux and Windows and haven't had > any issues. I limit the usage of interface uses clause as much as > possible. I believed that is why the smartlinking works so well with > fpGUI - I can create a GUI application that is only 340KB in size. Smartlinking is not directly affected by Uses. Instead it's most often the code in used unit Initzialization sections, that makes all related code part of the executable. E.g. when initialization code creates objects or references subroutines, that are not otherwise used by the application code, a smart linker cannot exclude that definitely referenced code. Similarly virtual methods: they are referenced in the VMT, which again is referenced in every instance of the class. Consequently virtual methods must become part of the executable, as soon as a class typename is used in any way in an application. Static methods, in contrast, can be safely omitted when not referenced anywhere else. IMO. DoDi _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
