6.6.1 vs 6.8.2 --- Re: large binary footprint ?

[HP Wei]

I convinced myself that the ~500kbytes for the 
'hello' code is 'correct' in version 6.6.1.
[ The exact size on the platform mentioned below
  is 422k. ]

Looks like version 6.8.2 blows up the binary code size
significantly --- 3.9Mbytes vs 0.422Mbytes.

Is this a known issue with 6.8.2 ?
Is it a specific platform dependent issue --- i.e.
does it occur on linux machines ??


--hp



On Tue, 6 May 2008, HP Wei wrote:

> 
> machine: Sun Sparc, with SunOS 5.10
> ghc version --- 6.8.2 [ solaris-binaries downloaded from ghc site ]
> 
> The Question:
> 
>   I compiled the code: putStr "Hello World!\n"
>      ghc -o hello -L../lib hello.hs
>   where ../lib contains the libgmp.so
> 
>   The resulting binary code size is 3.9 Mbytes
>   I had the impression that it should be of the order
>   of 500 Kbytes. How can I reach that number ?
> 
> Thanks
> HP
> 
>   
>