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Enables faster access to certain thread-local storage (TLS) variables.

Syntax

Linux:

None

Windows:

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Arguments

None

Default

OFF	Default access to TLS variables is in effect.

Description

This option enables faster access to certain thread-local storage (TLS) variables. When you compile your main executable (.EXE) program with this option, it allows faster access to TLS variables declared with the __declspec(thread) specification.

Note that if you use this option to compile .DLLs, you may get program errors.

IDE Equivalent

Visual Studio: Optimization > Optimize for Windows Applications

Eclipse: None

Alternate Options

None