I just made a jump in my MPLAB-X version, I was well behind, and decided
to update compilers while I was at it.

A small program that basically just displays some stuff on an LCD more
than doubled in size going from v1.23 to v1.25 of XC16.  It isn't the
IDE; I can switch back and forth between compilers and the code size is
still way larger with the newer compiler.

Using the -no-legacy-libc switch changes nothing, not even a single byte
difference.

The only release notes mention of code size is:

"We have made some significant code-size improvements"

Does anyone have any idea what is going on?  In my world, more than a
2.5X increase in code size doesn't count as an "improvement".

Part is a dsPIC33EV256GM102.

I tried a few PIC24 programs and the result was similar.  In one case
the code grew to over 4 times its original size.

--McD


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