Break down C++ code size

Question

I\'m looking for a nice Stack Overflow-style answer to the first question in the old blog post C++ Code Size, which I\'ll repeat below:

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Answer 1

I don't know if it will help but there is a gcc flag to write the assembly code it generates to a text file for your examination.

"-S Used in place of -c to cause the assembler source file to be generated, using .s as the extension, instead of the object file. This may be useful if you need to examine the generated assembly code. "