Let's try to build them in different versions of Zig with different modes (all of them have enabled exe.strip = true; in build.zig), and here are the binary sizes of them:
Zig Version
ReleaseFast
ReleaseSmall
0.9.1
4.6K
4.6K
0.10.1
13K
8.5K
0.11.0
13K
8.7K
0.12.1
11K
9.0K
0.13.0
13K
13K
Expected Behavior
Binary size should not increase much compared to v0.9.1, at least in ReleaseSmall mode.
Zig Version
0.13.0
Steps to Reproduce and Observed Behavior
Say we want to build a very simple HelloWorld program in x86_64 Linux:
Let's try to build them in different versions of Zig with different modes (all of them have enabled
exe.strip = true;
inbuild.zig
), and here are the binary sizes of them:Expected Behavior
Binary size should not increase much compared to v0.9.1, at least in ReleaseSmall mode.