fms-dialect

Enables support for a language dialect that is compatible with Microsoft* Windows, while maintaining link compatibility with gcc.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® 64 architectures

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS X:

-fms-dialect[=ver]

-fno-ms-dialect

Windows:

None

Arguments

ver

Indicates that the language dialect should be compatible with a certain version of Microsoft* Visual Studio. Possible values are:

8	Specifies the dialect should be compatible with Microsoft* Visual Studio 2005. This is the default if you do not specify `ver`.
9	Specifies the dialect should be compatible with Microsoft* Visual Studio 2008.
10	Specifies the dialect should be compatible with Microsoft* Visual Studio 2010.

Default

-fno-ms-dialect

The compiler does not support a language dialect that is compatible with Microsoft* Windows.

Description

This option enables support for a language dialect that is compatible with Microsoft* Windows, while maintaining link compatibility with gcc. It allows portability of code written on Windows* that uses Microsoft extensions or language features.

Alternate Options

None