Overview: Compiler Options

This document provides details on all current Linux* OS, Mac OS* X, and Windows* OS compiler options.

It provides the following information:

In this guide, compiler options are available on all supported operating systems and architectures unless otherwise identified.

For further information on compiler options, see Building Applications and Optimizing Applications.

Functional Groupings of Compiler Options

To see functional groupings of compiler options, specify a functional category for option help on the command line. For example, to see a list of options that affect diagnostic messages displayed by the compiler, enter one of the following commands:

-help diagnostics     ! Linux and Mac OS X systems

/help diagnostics     ! Windows systems

For details on the categories you can specify, see help.