#8405: experiment with using function-sections for linking (for smaller libs and executables) -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: olsner Type: task | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D1242 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>): In [changeset:"a50082c115bed1891b2e5aac4a21462935f4f0d6/ghc" a50082c/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="a50082c115bed1891b2e5aac4a21462935f4f0d6" Apply SplitSections to all C compilations Previously this was added only to the RTS's C files (those are the bulk of it though), but there are C bits in ghc-prim, integer-gmp and base too. Followup for #8405, allows the large table of character properties in base to be stripped when not used. Test Plan: validate Reviewers: austin, bgamari, simonmar Reviewed By: bgamari Subscribers: thomie, snowleopard Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D3121 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8405#comment:23> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler