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From: raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Turbo C links in everything in obj's
Message-ID: <1065@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 23 Mar 89 09:15:05 GMT
Reply-To: raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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It appears that the linker in Turbo C (2.0) links in everything you
have in your .objs independent of whether the code is actually used.

For instance, if you have a file with the following fn's in it
   main, a, b, c, d, e
and main does not call any of a, b, c, d, or e, the linker still
includes the objects for a, b, c, d, and e.

Sure it might be a bit faster, but I should have the option to compile
the junk out, right?  Its simple to find out what fn's are being used:
traverse the call tree recursively starting with main.

Any ideas?  Does the Microsoft linker handle this?  Can I use it with
TC?
-- 
Eric A. Raymond  (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
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