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On x86 and x86_64 keeping the frame pointer usually reduces binary size, even for simple programs:
```
~$ cat x.zig
pub fn main() void {
@import("std").debug.print("hello", .{});
}
~$ zig build-exe x.zig -target x86_64-linux -OReleaseSmall -fno-omit-frame-pointer && wc -c x
5168 x
~$ zig build-exe x.zig -target x86_64-linux -OReleaseSmall -fomit-frame-pointer && wc -c x
5216 x
```
```
~$ cat x.zig
pub fn main() void {
@import("std").debug.print("hello", .{});
}
~$ zig build-exe x.zig -target x86-linux -OReleaseSmall -fno-omit-frame-pointer && wc -c x
3400 x
~$ zig build-exe x.zig -target x86-linux -OReleaseSmall -fomit-frame-pointer && wc -c x
3556 x
```
A bigger benchmark is the Zig compiler:
With no changes to anything on master branch:
```
$ zig build -Dno-lib -Dno-langref --zig-lib-dir lib -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall
$ wc -c zig-out/bin/zig
10698792 zig-out/bin/zig
```
Adding `.omit_frame_pointer = false` in `addCompilerStep` in `build.zig`:
```
$ zig build -Dno-lib -Dno-langref --zig-lib-dir lib -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall
$ wc -c zig-out/bin/zig
10155744 zig-out/bin/zig
```