On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 at 08:36:38 UTC, Mike wrote:
I know, but you do know what linker features exists and how the linker works, and could generate better intermediate code that could allow the linker to more effectively identify and remove dead code.
You can write a linker wrapper that will do the analysis you want, remove unneeded sections, stub symbols etc, see basic technique at https://theartofmachinery.com/2016/12/18/d_without_runtime.html
