Hi1 I just created a DLL with GCC. It only contains this simple function:
extern "C" {
char* Message() {
return (char*)"Cool";
}
}
The resulted file's size is 42 Kb and I don't understand why is it so big, when a simple executable that creates and shows a GUI window only weights 8 Kb. Is there a way of reducing the size of the shared library? Why is it so big? Thanks!
UPDATE
If I create the same file with Code::Blocks, it only has 24 Kb. I wonder what way does CB create it in order to achieve that size?
UPDATE
It matters because I want to know that my library doesn't contain unnecessary code. My GCC command to create the DLL is:
gcc -c Source/MyLib.cpp -s -Os -nostartfiles -nostdlib -nodefaultlibs -o MyLib.o
ar rcs libMylib.a MyLib.o
gcc -shared -o MyLib.dll MyLib.o