# Objective
- Many strings in bevy_ecs are created but only used for debug: system
name, component name, ...
- Those strings make a significant part of the final binary and are no
use in a released game
## Solution
- Use [`strings`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/strings) to find ...
strings in a binary
- Try to find where they come from
- Many are made from `type_name::<T>()` and only used in error / debug
messages
- Add a new structure `DebugName` that holds no value if `debug` feature
is disabled
- Replace `core::any::type_name::<T>()` by `DebugName::type_name::<T>()`
## Testing
Measurements were taken without the new feature being enabled by
default, to help with commands
### File Size
I tried building the `breakout` example with `cargo run --release
--example breakout`
|`debug` enabled|`debug` disabled|
|-|-|
|81621776 B|77735728B|
|77.84MB|74.13MB|
### Compilation time
`hyperfine --min-runs 15 --prepare "cargo clean && sleep 5"
'RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout'
'RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features
debug'`
```
breakout' 'RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features debug'
Benchmark 1: RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout
Time (mean ± σ): 84.856 s ± 3.565 s [User: 1093.817 s, System: 32.547 s]
Range (min … max): 78.038 s … 89.214 s 15 runs
Benchmark 2: RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features debug
Time (mean ± σ): 92.303 s ± 2.466 s [User: 1193.443 s, System: 33.803 s]
Range (min … max): 90.619 s … 99.684 s 15 runs
Summary
RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout ran
1.09 ± 0.05 times faster than RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features debug
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