Op woensdag 08-04-2009 om 17:14 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Martin Friebe: > Alexey S. Smirnov wrote: > > Vincent Snijders ?????: > >> Can somebody explain to me why smartlinking works better when a unit > >> is in the implementation section than when it is in the interface > >> section? I thought for smartlinking it doesn't make a difference, the > >> unit is used anyway. > >> > > The Smart Link process should check what > > variables/functions/definitions are used in your project to cut off > > unused code. It is really simple to do so, if some units are listed in > > Implementation section - linker will only add unit functions that are > > mentioned in you code, not more. > > If units are listed in Interface section - it mean that potentially > > all code from that particular unit should be included. Because your > > global variable/class should have access to all provided > > code/procedures/properties. > > > Is this documented somewhere? I can't follow the logic anyway, the scope > how much my code uses of another unit can not be predicted, simply by > where I include the other code?
It's not documented as it's not true. A few of the reasons for that you mentioned yourself. Joost _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
