As well as other costs. That we default to global visibility is another one of the ossified defaults the article mentions. One of the first things I look at whe

As well as other costs. That we default to global visibility is another one of the ossified defaults the article mentions. One of the first things I look at when trying to improve the performance of a C++ project is its linking setup --- most of the time, people are using the terrible ELF defaults and paying in code size and execution time for something they don't need.