为什么Python生成的ELF与原始源代码相比相当大？

Question

我不禁想知道为什么Python生成的ELF与原始源代码相比相当大.让我们来看看最简单的代码,hello world.

user@linux:~/Python$ cat hello.py    
print('Hello, World!')
user@linux:~/Python$ 

使用pyinstaller转换为ELF

user@linux:~/Python$ pyinstaller -F hello.py 
48 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.4
49 INFO: Python: 3.6.7
50 INFO: Platform: Linux-4.15.0-38-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-18.04-bionic
50 INFO: wrote /home/user/Python/hello.spec
53 INFO: UPX is not available.
54 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['/home/user/Python', '/home/user/Python']
55 INFO: checking Analysis
60 INFO: Building because _python_version changed
60 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
62 INFO: Initializing module graph hooks...
64 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
3061 INFO: running Analysis Analysis-00.toc
3096 INFO: Caching module hooks...
3100 INFO: Analyzing /home/user/Python/hello.py
3103 INFO: Loading module hooks...
3104 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-encodings.py"...
3169 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pydoc.py"...
3170 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.py"...
3388 INFO: Looking for ctypes DLLs
3388 INFO: Analyzing run-time hooks ...
3394 INFO: Looking for dynamic libraries
3632 INFO: Looking for eggs
3633 INFO: Python library not in binary dependencies. Doing additional searching...
3684 INFO: Using Python library /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
3695 INFO: Warnings written to /home/user/Python/build/hello/warn-hello.txt
3717 INFO: Graph cross-reference written to /home/user/Python/build/hello/xref-hello.html
3722 INFO: checking PYZ
3725 INFO: Building because toc changed
3725 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) /home/user/Python/build/hello/PYZ-00.pyz
4053 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) /home/user/Python/build/hello/PYZ-00.pyz completed successfully.
4059 INFO: checking PKG
4064 INFO: Building because toc changed
4064 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) PKG-00.pkg
6474 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) PKG-00.pkg completed successfully.
6476 INFO: Bootloader /home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/bootloader/Linux-64bit/run
6477 INFO: checking EXE
6479 INFO: Rebuilding EXE-00.toc because hello missing
6480 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-00.toc
6481 INFO: Appending archive to ELF section in EXE /home/user/Python/dist/hello
6516 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-00.toc completed successfully.
user@linux:~/Python$ 

新的ELF格式

user@linux:~/Python/dist$ ./hello 
Hello, World!
user@linux:~/Python/dist$ 

user@linux:~/Python$ ls -lh hello.py   
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 23 Dis  27 21:43 hello.py
user@linux:~/Python$ 

user@linux:~/Python/dist$ ls -lh hello 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 5.3M Dis  27 21:48 hello
user@linux:~/Python/dist$ 

如你所见,原始代码只有23个字节,而ELF方式更大...... 5.3M !!!

让我们看一下C的另一个例子.

user@linux:~/C$ cat hello.c  
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello C World\n");
}
user@linux:~/C$ 

user@linux:~/C$ gcc hello.c -o helloC
user@linux:~/C$ 

user@linux:~/C$ ls -l helloC
-rwxrwxr-x 1 user user 8304 Dis  27 21:53 helloC
user@linux:~/C$ 

user@linux:~/C$ ./helloC
Hello C World
user@linux:~/C$ 

user@linux:~/C$ ls -l hello.c
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 65 Dis  27 21:52 hello.c
user@linux:~/C$ 

user@linux:~/C$ ls -lh helloC
-rwxrwxr-x 1 user user 8.2K Dis  27 21:53 helloC
user@linux:~/C$ 

对照

Python code size = 27 bytes
Python ELF size = 5.3M

C code size = 65 bytes
C ELF size = 8.2K

有没有办法缩小尺寸？

Answer 1

因为Python没有不被编译成机器代码.

PyInstaller创建的ELF就像打包所有必需的Python运行时文件的代码一样简单.它与C中的编译二进制文件没有任何可比性,后者包含机器代码和动态链接库(libc.so例如).