Same program gets about 10% more size with PB4.0 :'(

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:44 pm

Programs without windows user interfaces, this is, full screen graphics only, with sprite, sprite3D, keyboard and mouse generates a .exe about 10% more size than using PB3.94. (SAME SOURCE)

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:58 pm

And this is unexpected or somehow awful why?

Library sizes can change, as bug fixes and features are added/removed. In this day and age a 10% change in executable size is a joke. Why worry about exe size when your graphics are going to take up 95% or your programs size at least?

va!n · Post by **va!n** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:24 pm

it would be interesting to know how much does this 10% are in KB! If this 10% are only 1-2 KB then its ok but when the 10% may be something > 5 or 10 KB in comparsion v 3.94 compiled exe, then its much!!

@psychophanta:
Just take a look to the ASM output and what libs are included... maybe there is something linked to the exe you dont need? (check out image lib... just an idea)

Bonne_den_kule · Post by **Bonne_den_kule** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:30 pm

This is just stupid complaining

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:36 pm

Maybe the source is bigger but the overall smoothness and running of the program is better!

Might also be more stable on more systems.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:17 pm

Derek wrote:Maybe the source is bigger but the overall smoothness and running of the program is better!

I hope speed has got the lost part in size matter. But I am not so sure.

Post by **Berikco** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:28 pm

Of course it's bigger, also without user interface.
some commands have grown a bit.
And of course there is the new stringhandler.
But you can still use 3.9x or 3.8x if a couple of kilobytes are a problem

Tranquil · Post by **Tranquil** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:06 pm

Bonne_den_kule wrote:This is just stupid complaining

+1

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:08 pm

oh my good i say!
my pb programs used to be 17 killobytes, now its 17,5652!!!

Help me fred! i dont want those large file sizes

on a side note:
nothing personal psycopanta

im also a size fanatic, but as long as it keeps this small, i dont get mad.
Not as long it is for the benefit of faster development and better running executables (wich i certainly hope 4.0 gives)

va!n · Post by **va!n** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:41 am

sure, the uni code + threadsafe stuff has been added, .. lol

since working with v4 i didnt noticed this some more KBs to my exe