gdwarf-3

Enables generation of debugging information using the DWARF Version 3 format.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® 64 architectures

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS X:

-gdwarf-3

Windows:

None

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

No debug information is generated. However, if compiler option -g is specified, debugging information is generated in the DWARF Version 2 format with some DWARF Version 3 extensions.

Description

This option enables generation of debugging information using the DWARF Version 3 format.

When you specify this option, the compiler will emit DWARF version 3-compatible debugging information, which can be used by debuggers such as gdb and idb. It also generates additional debugging information for optimized code, such as end of prologue markers.

Alternate Options

None

Parent topic: Output, Debug, and Precompiled Header (PCH) Options

See Also

g compiler option
gdwarf-2 compiler option

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