C/C++ COMPILER OPTIONS

-OPTIMIZATION-

/O1 minimize space /O2 maximize speed

/Ob<n> inline expansion (default n=0) /Od disable optimizations (default)
/Og enable global optimization /Oi[-] enable intrinsic functions
/Os favor code space /Ot favor code speed
/Ox maximum optimizations /Oy[-] enable frame pointer omission
/favor:<blend|ATOM> select processor to optimize for, one of:
blend - a combination of optimizations for several different x86 processors
ATOM - Intel(R) Atom(TM) processors

-CODE GENERATION-

/GF enable read-only string pooling /Gm[-] enable minimal rebuild

/Gy[-] separate functions for linker /GS[-] enable security checks
/GR[-] enable C++ RTTI /GX[-] enable C++ EH (same as /EHsc)
/EHs enable C++ EH (no SEH exceptions) /EHa enable C++ EH (w/ SEH exceptions)
/EHc extern "C" defaults to nothrow
/fp:<except[-]|fast|precise|strict> choose floating-point model:
except[-] - consider floating-point exceptions when generating code
fast - "fast" floating-point model; results are less predictable
precise - "precise" floating-point model; results are predictable
strict - "strict" floating-point model (implies /fp:except)
/Qfast_transcendentals generate inline FP intrinsics even with /fp:except
/Qpar[-] enable parallel code generation
/Qpar-report:1 auto-parallelizer diagnostic; indicate parallelized loops
/Qpar-report:2 auto-parallelizer diagnostic; indicate loops not parallelized
/Qvec-report:1 auto-vectorizer diagnostic; indicate vectorized loops
/Qvec-report:2 auto-vectorizer diagnostic; indicate loops not vectorized
/GL[-] enable link-time code generation
/volatile:<iso|ms> choose volatile model:
iso - Acquire/release semantics not guaranteed on volatile accesses
ms - Acquire/release semantics guaranteed on volatile accesses
/GA optimize for Windows Application /Ge force stack checking for all funcs
/Gs[num] control stack checking calls /Gh enable _penter function call
/GH enable _pexit function call /GT generate fiber-safe TLS accesses
/RTC1 Enable fast checks (/RTCsu) /RTCc Convert to smaller type checks
/RTCs Stack Frame runtime checking /RTCu Uninitialized local usage checks
/clr[:option] compile for common language runtime, where option is:
pure - produce IL-only output file (no native executable code)
safe - produce IL-only verifiable output file
oldSyntax - accept the Managed Extensions syntax from Visual C++ 2002/2003
initialAppDomain - enable initial AppDomain behavior of Visual C++ 2002
noAssembly - do not produce an assembly
nostdlib - ignore the default \clr directory
/Gd __cdecl calling convention /Gr __fastcall calling convention
/Gz __stdcall calling convention /GZ Enable stack checks (/RTCs)
/QIfist[-] use FIST instead of ftol()
/hotpatch ensure function padding for hotpatchable images
/arch:<IA32|SSE|SSE2|AVX> minimum CPU architecture requirements, one of:
IA32 - use no enhanced instructions and use x87 for floating point
SSE - enable use of instructions available with SSE enabled CPUs
SSE2 - (default) enable use of instructions available with SSE2 enabled CPUs
AVX - enable use of Intel(R) Advanced Vector Extensions instructions
/Qimprecise_fwaits generate FWAITs only on "try" boundaries, not inside "try"
/Qsafe_fp_loads generate safe FP loads
 -OUTPUT FILES-

/Fa[file] name assembly listing file /FA[scu] configure assembly listing

/Fd[file] name .PDB file /Fe<file> name executable file
/Fm[file] name map file /Fo<file> name object file
/Fp<file> name precompiled header file /Fr[file] name source browser file
/FR[file] name extended .SBR file /Fi[file] name preprocessed file
/doc[file] process XML documentation comments and optionally name the .xdc file

-PREPROCESSOR-

/AI<dir> add to assembly search path /FU<file> forced using assembly/module

/C don't strip comments
/E preprocess to stdout
/P preprocess to file
/FI<file> name forced include file
/u remove all predefined macros
/X ignore "standard places"
/D<name>{=|#}<text> define macro
/EP preprocess to stdout, no #line
/Fx merge injected code to file
/U<name> remove predefined macro
/I<dir> add to include search path

-LANGUAGE-

/Zi enable debugging information /Z7 enable old-style debug info

/Zp[n] pack structs on n-byte boundary /Za disable extensions
/Ze enable extensions (default) /Zl omit default library name in .OBJ
/Zg generate function prototypes /Zs syntax check only
/vd{0|1|2} disable/enable vtordisp /vm<x> type of pointers to members
/Zc:arg1[,arg2] C++ language conformance, where arguments can be:
forScope[-] - enforce Standard C++ for scoping rules
wchar_t[-] - wchar_t is the native type, not a typedef
auto[-] - enforce the new Standard C++ meaning for auto
trigraphs[-] - enable trigraphs (off by default)
/ZW enable WinRT language extensions /ZI enable Edit and Continue debug info
/openmp enable OpenMP 2.0 language extensions

-MISCELLANEOUS-

@<file> options response file /?, /help print this help message
/bigobj generate extended object format /c compile only, no link
/errorReport:option Report internal compiler errors to Microsoft
none - do not send report
prompt - prompt to immediately send report
queue - at next admin logon, prompt to send report (default)
send - send report automatically
/FC use full pathnames in diagnostics /H<num> max external name length
/J default char type is unsigned
/MP[n] use up to 'n' processes for compilation
/nologo suppress copyright message
/sdl enable additional security features and warnings
/showIncludes show include file names /Tc<source file> compile file as .c
/Tp<source file> compile file as .cpp /TC compile all files as .c
/TP compile all files as .cpp /V<string> set version string
/w disable all warnings /wd<n> disable warning n
/we<n> treat warning n as an error /wo<n> issue warning n once
/w<l><n> set warning level 1-4 for n /W<n> set warning level (default n=1)
/Wall enable all warnings /WL enable one line diagnostics
/WX treat warnings as errors /Yc[file] create .PCH file
/Yd put debug info in every .OBJ /Yl[sym] inject .PCH ref for debug lib
/Yu[file] use .PCH file /Y- disable all PCH options
/Zm<n> max memory alloc (% of default) /Wp64 enable 64 bit porting warnings

-LINKING-

/LD Create .DLL /LDd Create .DLL debug library

/LN Create a .netmodule /F<num> set stack size
/link [linker options and libraries] /MD link with MSVCRT.LIB
/MT link with LIBCMT.LIB /MDd link with MSVCRTD.LIB debug lib
/MTd link with LIBCMTD.LIB debug lib

-CODE ANALYSIS-

/analyze[:WX-] enable code analysis

WX- - code analysis warnings should not be treated as errors even if /WX is
invoked