Thanks.  Looks like a pervasive problem.  I didn't do quite the detailed
exploration the guys on the forum did.  However, there seems to be a
theme there that it has to do with optimization, and I had optimization
turned off.

--McD


On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 19:43 +0000, alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> There has been quite a discussion about this on the microchip forum.
>=20
> http://www.microchip.com/forums/m884056.aspx
>=20
> >=20
> > I just made a jump in my MPLAB-X version, I was well behind, and decide=
d to
> > update compilers while I was at it.
> >=20
> > 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.
> >=20
> > Using the -no-legacy-libc switch changes nothing, not even a single byt=
e
> > difference.
> >=20
> > The only release notes mention of code size is:
> >=20
> > "We have made some significant code-size improvements"
> >=20
> > 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".
> >=20
> > Part is a dsPIC33EV256GM102.
> >=20
> > I tried a few PIC24 programs and the result was similar.  In one case t=
he code
> > grew to over 4 times its original size.
> >=20
> > --McD
>=20


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