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RE: unused functions removal of gcc toolchain?


>-----Original Message-----
>From: SungKunCho [mailto:s-kcho@hanmail.net]
>Sent: 10 October 2001 00:43


>Hi,
>
>Does gcc toochain have "unreferenced functions(not unused virtual
>functions) removal" feature?(any options etc)
>It seems like if gcc toolchain provides this feature, 
>oversized C++ code
>could be reduced.
>In my case, due to the link of unnecessary functions, C++ 
>executable image
>is oversized. It looks like this problem is partially resolved 
>if class is redefined and big object codes are divided to smaller ones.

  This is usually done by making a library archive file (.a) which contains
each function in a separate .o module.  The linker only pulls the .o files
that contain symbols that are referenced into the final executable.

  You might be able to approximate a solution to this problem by combining
the -ffunction-sections argument of gcc with the --gc-sections option for
ld, but this apparently doesn't work on all targets.  Check the docs for
gcc and ld to see how these switches work.


     DaveK
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