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 /D<name>{=|#}<text> define macro

/E preprocess to stdout /EP preprocess to stdout, no #line

/P preprocess to file /Fx merge injected code to file

/FI<file> name forced include file /U<name> remove predefined macro

/u remove all predefined macros /I<dir> add to include search path

/X ignore "standard places"

-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