The binary size of "hello world" program increased in each release:
Detail table
| Rust version |
debug |
debug - stripped |
release |
release - stripped |
| 1.32.0 |
2382904 |
199096 |
2375720 |
199016 |
| 1.40.0 |
2595400 |
215464 |
2588264 |
215384 |
| 1.41.0 |
2637336 |
215464 |
2629832 |
215384 |
| 1.42.0 |
2659672 |
211368 |
2652488 |
211288 |
| 1.43.0 |
2729192 |
223584 |
2722128 |
223504 |
| 1.44.0 |
2584120 |
248160 |
2579144 |
248080 |
| 1.45.0 |
2847440 |
244064 |
2842464 |
243984 |
| beta |
2848152 |
244064 |
2843168 |
243984 |
| nightly |
3210208 |
293200 |
3203712 |
293112 |
main.rs
fn main() {
println!("hello world");
}Script to reproduce
rustup set profile minimal
rustup toolchain install 1.{40..45}.0 beta nightly
RUST_DBG_FLAGS='-C debuginfo=1 -C panic=abort -C opt-level=0'
RUST_REL_FLAGS='-C debuginfo=0 -C panic=abort -C opt-level=3'
mkdir -p build/debug
mkdir -p build/release
for ver in 1.{40..45}.0 beta nightly; do
bin_dbg=build/debug/main-$ver
bin_rel=build/release/main-$ver
rustc +$ver $RUST_DBG_FLAGS main.rs -o $bin_dbg
echo "-- $ver"
before=$(stat --printf="%s" $bin_dbg)
strip $bin_dbg
after=$(stat --printf="%s" $bin_dbg)
printf " dbg: %d, stripped: %d\n" $before $after
rustc +$ver $RUST_REL_FLAGS main.rs -o $bin_rel
before=$(stat --printf="%s" $bin_rel)
strip $bin_rel
after=$(stat --printf="%s" $bin_rel)
printf " release: %d, stripped: %d\n" $before $after
done
# rustup toolchain uninstall 1.{40..45}.0 beta nightlyMeta
beta:
rustc 1.46.0-beta.5 (cfbc6d4cf 2020-08-21)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: cfbc6d4cf1acbac5c025acf8ed68929caa551df3
commit-date: 2020-08-21
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.46.0-beta.5
LLVM version: 10.0
nightly:
rustc 1.47.0-nightly (de521cbb3 2020-08-21)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: de521cbb303c08febd9fa3755caccd4f3e491ea3
commit-date: 2020-08-21
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.47.0-nightly
LLVM version: 10.0
The binary size of "hello world" program increased in each release:
Detail table
main.rs
Script to reproduce
Meta
beta:
nightly: