May be, that important word is here "referenced" code.
Once some code (procedure, class) is referenced then this code is linked
/ included.
It does not play role if it is really required by program / library ...
right?
L.
So we see that classes like TComponent and also interfaces are touched,
but they are used only in conjuction with initilizing some global
variables like InitHandlerList, GlobalNameSpace.
But these variables are never used in my library. Only again in
finalization sections of above mentioned units.
They are used in your library as far as the linker is concerned, because
the init and finalisation sections are code like any other code.
Does it means, that smart-linking can not remove this code due to usage
of this global variables in finalization section (resp. initialization
sections)?
Indeed.
Probably it is too hard task for linker to determine which code is realy
not needed ... WPO in this regard can not help?
No. There is no way for WPO to know what side effects the initialisation
of those variables could have.
Jonas
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