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		Flex247A on Sept 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rewriting Rust Enabling FAT LTO reduces the final binary size but it isn't a permanent fix.

actionfromafar on Sept 26, 2024 [–]

Not permanent how?

Flex247A on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

Because the compiler ends up looking at all the functions anyway, only for the linker to discard them all.

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