topic Re: CW 7 vs 8 MSL library size in Classic/Legacy CodeWarrior

CW 7 vs 8 MSL library size

windam — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:03:12 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I noticed in the MSL code size reported in the project pane is much smaller in CW 7.3 than it is in CW 8.2.
I was concerned that code compiled with 8.2 would result in a larger binary, but that is not the case. The size of the binary is about the same as the one compiled with 7.3. My guess is that it's probably deadstripping.
Anyway, here are the MSL sizes as reported in the project pane:
7.3 msl ~45kW
8.2 msl ~86kW

7.3 runtime ~4.5kW
8.2 runtime ~6.2kW

As you can see 8.2's msl is almost double of 7.3's. So the question is: what's in 8.2's msl that makes it so big? I'm curious because if I including a library function that might increase my binary size, it would be nice to know.

Cheers,

-win

Re: CW 7 vs 8 MSL library size

CrasyCat — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:53:18 GMT

Hello

Which processor are you targeting?

CrasyCat

Re: CW 7 vs 8 MSL library size

windam — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:39:28 GMT

I'm targeting the dsp56858 so the project pane shows MSL C 56800E lmm.lib and Runtime 56800E lmm.lib.

-win

Re: CW 7 vs 8 MSL library size

trytohelp — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:20:13 GMT

Hi,

I don't know.

I will contact the product manager.

Keep you informed.

Pascal

Re: CW 7 vs 8 MSL library size

trytohelp — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:45:52 GMT

Hi,

We added long long and double runtime support on new libraries.

Excepted that no other difference.

Regards

Pascal