I'm having a library project, I've always had "Strip Debug Symbols" turned ON for release builds
I recently noticed the "Generate Debug Symbols" flag. When I set "Generate Debug Symbols" flag to NO then my library size shrinks by 30%
Is this a reasonable optimization to make for release builds?
What is the difference between "Strip Debug Symbols" and "Generate Debug Symbols" option, ideally if I strip debug symbols won't all the generated debug symbols go away? Why am I seeing this difference?
Also what other optimizations other than -Os (Fastest, Smallest) I can make to reduce the binary size?
How does "Strip Linked Product" works?