On 2024-06-30 at 14:28, Marcin Jaczewski via Std-Proposals wrote:
> On GCC mailing list I notice email:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2024-June/244252.html
> Aside of misguided author (profanities & sending it to gcc instead of here)
> some of his concerns could be valid.
>
> Example: there is a freestanding version of the standard library module?
> Or how to reduce blot that `import std;` can cause even if I only
> use part of it like `std::vector` or `std::unique_ptr` but
> I do not plan touching `std::regexp` or io.
>
> Maybe something like `import std.core;` (like MSVC did) or
> use import headers like `import <iostream>;`?
>
> Or is this simply a QoI issue and the committee does not need to consider
> how big is binary after `import std;`?

Is this a real problem, or just an upset user?

I don't have your embedded compiler, so tried this on Visual Studio:

import std;

int main()
{}

and get an 11 kB exe-file.

Is that too much bloat?