Re: [gtkmm] gtkmm is really big

[Alberto Paro <alberto paro homeunix org>]

Seth Moore wrote:

> I'm working with a cross-compiled version of gtkmm (against
> gtk-fb).  The target system is mips-based, and everything /has/ to
> be statically linked.
>
> After some struggling to get everything happy, I've finally
> succeeded in linking a gtkmm app (hello world).  I noticed a huge
> size increase versus a plain old gtk+ app.  I've run both
> executables through 'strip --strip-all', and the sizes are:
>
> hello_gtk    -  2841K hello_gtkmm  -  5232K
>
Static linked...
so the size is doubled only for having:
gtk (2841k) + gtkmm (wrapped class gtk,gdk,pango,glib) + other c++
libraries (such as std++ libs) = 5232K

Nothing strange.

Hi,
      Alberto