Unused routines still result in huge .EXE

[SMcNeill]

My way of dealing with huge routines is to wrap them inside precompiler blocks.

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$IF CENTER_TEXT_USED THEN
    SUB CenterText(x$, where)
       'centering routine
    END SUB
$END IF

Now, I can include that source in any other program of mine, for use basically as a library file, and it's NOT going to get added to the compiled EXE.  It's going to be skipped over and excluded by default.

IF I want to make use of that routine, I'd need to add one line to the top of my source:

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$LET CENTER_TEXT_USED = TRUE 

I've set my routines to be excluded by our built in precompiler, until we specifically specify to include them in our source.  This method ensures that ONLY the code I need is included in my EXE, making it as small as possible with QB64PE.