Re: Linker for RDS programs

Mike Lemon (Mike_Lemon@mdl.pdial.interpath.net) wrote: : Mark.Denham@bbc.co.uk (Mark Denham) wrote: : >does anybody know if there is a 'linker' out there that can be used to : >reduce the : >size of a 4gi program by removing unused functions. : > : Fourgen has an RDS linker. It, too, only concatenates files together, but it : understands the concept of an RDS library made up of multiple files with only a few : functions in them. : A similar program could be written in perl (or your choice) to maintain and search : these libraries for existing functions and unresolved references. : I, for one, would definitely be interested in such a linker if it was fast. : Mike Lemon I have used Fourgen RDS linker for two years. It has some bugs and some features I don't like. I wrote my own linker using shell and awk scripts. (Fourgen linker uses shell and sed scripts, I mean.) Both linkers aren't fast, but they create list of linked files which is used to create 4gi program. So only if developer needs to create new list of linked 4go's, he runs the linker. If you are interested in detailed description, email me. -- Zdeno Miklas SOFTEC spol. s r. o. e-mail: ash@softec.sk Kutuzovova 23 phone : 42-7-273805 ext.128 831 03 Bratislava fax : 42-7-272537 SLOVAKIA