I Agree with you Fabio, and also it can be implemented in Lazarus:
1) Debug Path LCL with Debug info 2) Release Path LCL WITHOUT Debug Info When Im writing my software I do not want to debug Lazarus, so why should I include 10MB of LCL debug Info in my .EXE? If I have problems, I point to Debug Path and the I can look for the error. []s Cesar Romero De: Fabio Dell'Aria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada em: terça-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2008 03:13 Para: [email protected] Assunto: Re: [lazarus] Solution to the BIG compiled file issue! Others benefits: 1)...speedup compilation (allocated less memory and write less bytes on disk). 2)...decreases Installation size; 3)...do not confuse new users with LCL code, during the debugging process. I think it can be set as an installation or a Project option (as in Delphi for the "Use Debug DCUs" compiler option)! -- Best regards... Fabio Dell'Aria. 2008/1/15, Fabio Dell'Aria <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Vincent, 2008/1/15, Vincent Snijders <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Fabio Dell'Aria schreef: > Hi to all, > > all we know how many new users do not uses lazarus because it create too > BIG compiled files. > > We know that: > > 1)...the additional options are needed to can debug the project; > 2)...just do a simple "strip --strip-all filename" reduce drastically > the final size (an empty project go from 12.5Mb to 1.2 Mb). > > I think to have found a really simple solution to can continue to debug > our project with a really little size increasing. > > Just remove all the debug-info from all the LCL object files to reduce > the final compiled file from 12.5Mb to ONLY 2Mb (on Windows). > > We'll can continue to debug our projects but we'll CANNOT debug the LCL > code. > > To obtain this little miracle just use the following command (from the > shell): > > > What do you think about? ;) <irony> Maybe not such a bad idea. Maybe we expect too much from our users. - That they know point 1) and 2) from above. - That they want to know why things go wrong in the LCL and can handle stepping though it, and prefer that above a list of hexdigits in their back traces. </irony> IOW: I expect Lazarus users to be knowledgeable, Lazarus is not for fools. Vincent Yes I understand but why loose so many new users? All the programmers come from Delphi reports this issue and only a little subset of them check for a solution on Google. Others are lost! But if a solution exists why do not use it? I do not understand! :( _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at HYPERLINK "http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives"; \nhttp://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives -- Best regards... Fabio Dell'Aria. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1224 - Release Date: 14/01/2008 17:39 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1224 - Release Date: 14/01/2008 17:39
