Re: [off topic] fallow code removal

2006-05-07 Thread Ben Elliston
> Does anyone know of any tool that can help identify fallow routines? It's not a complete solution, but it is one tool that will contribute to your effort: Andrew Tridgell has written a script called `findstatic.pl' (Google for it) that will tell you which functions can be made static because the

Re: [off topic] fallow code removal

2006-05-05 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 06:20:19AM -0500, John Love-Jensen wrote: > One of my project's general on-going tasks is to eliminate dead code. > Sort of following the Extreme Programming principle. If you're doing XP then you also have a test suite that co

Re: [off topic] fallow code removal

2006-05-05 Thread Eric Christopher
Any suggestions, pointers or recommendations for tools, tips and/or techniques would be appreciated. A couple of different ways come to mind: a) there's the binutils -ffunction-sections -Wl,-gc-sections approach where every function is put into it's own section and the total is then garbag

[off topic] fallow code removal

2006-05-05 Thread John Love-Jensen
Hi everyone, My apologies for posting off topic. I'm desperate. One of my project's general on-going tasks is to eliminate dead code. Sort of following the Extreme Programming principle. Does anyone know of any tool that can help identify fallow routines? Can GCC itself help facilitate findin