Thomas Miedema wrote
That suggestion was completely misguided. Compiling with `-split-objs` makes a library _grow_ in size, but makes executables that link against it _smaller_.
All these numbers are not far off from the ones you were getting. I think you have been comparing a 7.8.4 build of Cabal without split objects, with a 7.10.1 build of Cabal with split objects.
I don't think there is a bug here.
My GHC build is now back to the 7.8-era size. Thank you! I was wondering why programs compiled with my GHC 7.8 build were bigger than if I used an official build. Perhaps a bug in the 7.8 build system had turned off SplitObjs. -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/Binary-bloat-in-7-10-tp5768067p5768274.... Sent from the Haskell - Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.