https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838768#M56807 There are no comments in a .mod file. It's symbol table information only. If you have very large PARAMETER constants (arrays or character strings defined), those are represented in the .mod file.<BR /><BR />Anything in the include files gets compiled as if it was in the original source. So what's the total content of all the files? Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:30:28 GMT Steven_L_Intel1 2005-07-18T22:30:28Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838767#M56806 <DIV>What controls the size of a module .MOD file? I have a 957 line file which is probably 40-50% comments and it produces a 5.35MB .MOD file.</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I assume it must be the includes, but it still seems pretty large...</DIV> Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:14:09 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838767#M56806 Intel_C_Intel 2005-07-18T22:14:09Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838768#M56807 There are no comments in a .mod file. It's symbol table information only. If you have very large PARAMETER constants (arrays or character strings defined), those are represented in the .mod file.<BR /><BR />Anything in the include files gets compiled as if it was in the original source. So what's the total content of all the files? Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:30:28 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838768#M56807 Steven_L_Intel1 2005-07-18T22:30:28Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838769#M56808 <DIV>All my includes amount to less than 400KB...does the module expand arrays or anything like that?</DIV> Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:34:08 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838769#M56808 Intel_C_Intel 2005-07-19T16:34:08Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838770#M56809 If they're PARAMETER arrays and are initialized, yes. If they're variables, no. Please submit the sources to Intel Premier Support so that we can look at it - ask that it be assigned to Steve Lionel. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:20:04 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838770#M56809 Steven_L_Intel1 2005-07-19T20:20:04Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838771#M56810 <DIV>As usual I forgot my details...this is CVF6.6C on XP SP2. Do you still want to look at this, Steve? It isn't bothering me over-much...the MOD file jsut seemed curiously large. I might look into compiler options in the mean time...</DIV> Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:35:35 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838771#M56810 Intel_C_Intel 2005-07-21T15:35:35Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838772#M56811 <DIV>I am still interested - if you can send me a zip file to steve.lionel at intel.com I'd appreciate it. The module processing of CVF 6.6C is fundamentally similar to that of IVF, though we've done a lot of tweaking since then. It used to be, prior to CVF 6.6, I think, that .mod files included all the declarations of other modules it USEd, but that's no longer the case.</DIV> Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:12:23 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838772#M56811 Steven_L_Intel1 2005-07-21T20:12:23Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838773#M56812 <DIV>I've sent you an e-mail Steve.</DIV> Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:08:38 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838773#M56812 Intel_C_Intel 2005-07-21T22:08:38Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838774#M56813 <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"> <P>I found the 'problem'. In all the CONTAINed functions I included my main common block definition file. If I move that include to the top of the module and remove it from each function, the .MOD file size drops to a little under 500kb.</P></FONT></DIV><P>Message Edited by judd on <SPAN class="date_text">07-22-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class="time_text">10:42 AM</SPAN></P> Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:41:02 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/MODULE-File-Size/m-p/838774#M56813 Intel_C_Intel 2005-07-22T16:41:02Z