Error 168: >64K Global Types

[s-ludwig]

I'm getting this error in a mid-sized application (using vibe-d and another internal library of similar size). It appears that this limit is quite easy to reach with moderate template use. The question is if anything can be done about this in the linker, or if this is a fundamental limitation rooted in the object file format.

Message:

optlink/common/errors.asm

Line 1378 in 7c09639

MK CVP_GTYPES_64K_ERR,'>64K Global Types'

Constant:

optlink/cv/cvtypcon.asm

Line 2819 in 7c09639

CMP EAX,64K - 1000H

[PetarKirov]

CC @WalterBright
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[WalterBright]

Moved to bugzilla:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17728

[dmi7ry]

I got same error when tried compile almost empty app based on hunt-database. Is there any workaround/solution?
P.S. Windows

[WalterBright]

You're probably best off switching to a 64 bit compile with -m64.

[dmi7ry]

Thank you!

[WalterBright]

Sorry I couldn't really fix it.

[Aphexus]

This needs to be addressed. Getting same issue with gtkD.

\Libs\omf\gtkd.lib(Binding)
Error 168: >64K Global Types

This is when trying to build gtkD with debugs.

Clearly it is a limit issue so it should be an easy fix. It's happening x86 and not x64. It happens when I tried to use the lib in my app. I cannot use x64.

[wilzbach]

@Aphexus you can use normal mscoff linking for 32-bit too. With the newest version of dub (2.086), it's even the default.