Binary file size is >6M in release mode

[felixf4xu]

Hi,

After compiling, I check the file size:

504,832 cassowary.dll
1,653,760 SwiftCOM.dll
6,483,456 SwiftWin32.dll
6,564,352 SwiftWin32UI.dll
6,560,256 Calculator.exe
6,553,088 UICatalog.exe

this is in release mode (by swift build -c release). in debug mode, it will be about 9M.

I'd like to make sure, is this normal? There are all about 6M in size, seems to have something in common.

[compnerd]

Yes, the size is expected as that is a limitation of SPM. We cannot indicate dynamic linking for Calculator and UICatalog to SwiftWin32. That is why the two executables are relatively similar in size to SwiftWin32. They are tiny apps that include all of SwiftWin32. A more accurate size measurement would use CMake based builds where we could link dynamically to the implementation.