I am pretty certain I've seen linkers routinely writing 0 instead of symbols' actual sizes so getting the actual size of the embedded binary blob is not very pr

I am pretty certain I've seen linkers routinely writing 0 instead of symbols' actual sizes so getting the actual size of the embedded binary blob is not very pretty. Also, you argument sounds exactly like those that the author of https://thephd.dev/finally-embed-in-c23 https://thephd.dev/finally-embed-in-c23 has been fighting against for 5 years straight.