Binary bloat in 7.10

[Jeremy]

Thomas Miedema wrote
> That suggestion was completely misguided. Compiling with `-split-objs`
> makes a library _grow_ in size, but makes executables that link against it
> _smaller_.
> 
> All these numbers are not far off from the ones you were getting. I think
> you have been comparing a 7.8.4 build of Cabal without split objects, with
> a 7.10.1 build of Cabal with split objects.
> 
> I don't think there is a bug here.

My GHC build is now back to the 7.8-era size. Thank you!

I was wondering why programs compiled with my GHC 7.8 build were bigger than
if I used an official build. Perhaps a bug in the 7.8 build system had
turned off SplitObjs.



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