Binary Size

Preliminary measurements of puffs genlib libraries' binary size, on x86_64 are below. Lower is better.

clang-dynamic:
-rwxr-x--- 1 nigeltao eng 35235 Aug 10 14:59 libpuffs.so
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 18592 Aug 10 14:59 std-flate.lo
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 10080 Aug 10 14:59 std-gif.lo

clang-static:
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 29576 Aug 10 14:59 libpuffs.a
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 18360 Aug 10 14:59 std-flate.o
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng  9968 Aug 10 14:59 std-gif.o

gcc-dynamic:
-rwxr-x--- 1 nigeltao eng 39210 Aug 10 14:59 libpuffs.so
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 21448 Aug 10 14:59 std-flate.lo
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 12000 Aug 10 14:59 std-gif.lo

gcc-static:
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 34152 Aug 10 14:59 libpuffs.a
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 21200 Aug 10 14:59 std-flate.o
-rw-r----- 1 nigeltao eng 11704 Aug 10 14:59 std-gif.o

Comparison

Below are some standard C libraries shipped as part of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS “Trusty”. The numbers aren't directly comparable, as these libraries have a richer API, especially in providing an encoder and not just a decoder. Still, it is a reference point for e.g. Puffs flate vs libz and Puffs gif vs libgif.

dynamic:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100728 May 13  2013 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  36000 Dec 16  2013 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.so.4.1.6

static:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142346 May 13  2013 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  51850 Dec 16  2013 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.a

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Updated on August 2017.