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Bernhard Rosenkraenzerc83ebe52012-09-18 21:38:03 +01591; Options for the C, ObjC, C++ and ObjC++ front ends.
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23; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
24
25Language
26C
27
28Language
29ObjC
30
31Language
32C++
33
34Language
35ObjC++
36
37-all-warnings
38C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wall)
39
40-ansi
41C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(ansi)
42
43-assert
44C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(A) MissingArgError(assertion missing after %qs)
45
46-assert=
47C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(A) MissingArgError(assertion missing after %qs)
48
49-comments
50C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(C)
51
52-comments-in-macros
53C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(CC)
54
55-define-macro
56C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(D) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
57
58-define-macro=
59C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(D) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
60
61-dependencies
62C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(M)
63
64-dump
65C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(d)
66
67-dump=
68C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(d)
69
70-imacros
71C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(imacros) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
72
73-imacros=
74C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(imacros) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
75
76-include
77C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(include) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
78
79-include=
80C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(include) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
81
82-include-barrier
83C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(I, -)
84
85-include-directory
86C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(I) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
87
88-include-directory=
89C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(I) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
90
91-include-directory-after
92C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(idirafter) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
93
94-include-directory-after=
95C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(idirafter) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
96
97-include-prefix
98C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iprefix)
99
100-include-prefix=
101C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iprefix)
102
103-include-with-prefix
104C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iwithprefix)
105
106-include-with-prefix=
107C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iwithprefix)
108
109-include-with-prefix-after
110C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iwithprefix)
111
112-include-with-prefix-after=
113C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iwithprefix)
114
115-include-with-prefix-before
116C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iwithprefixbefore)
117
118-include-with-prefix-before=
119C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iwithprefixbefore)
120
121-no-integrated-cpp
122Driver Alias(no-integrated-cpp)
123
124-no-line-commands
125C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(P)
126
127-no-standard-includes
128C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(nostdinc)
129
130-no-warnings
131C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(w)
132
133-output
134C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(o)
135
136-output=
137C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(o)
138
139-output-pch=
140C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
141
142-pedantic
143C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(pedantic)
144
145-preprocess
146C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Alias(E)
147
148-print-missing-file-dependencies
149C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(MG)
150
151-trace-includes
152C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(H)
153
154-traditional
155Driver Alias(traditional)
156
157-traditional-cpp
158C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(traditional-cpp)
159
160-trigraphs
161C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(trigraphs)
162
163-undefine-macro
164C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(U) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
165
166-undefine-macro=
167C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(U) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
168
169-user-dependencies
170C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(MM)
171
172-verbose
173Common C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(v)
174
175-write-dependencies
176C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate Alias(MD) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
177
178-write-user-dependencies
179C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate Alias(MMD) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
180
181A
182C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(assertion missing after %qs)
183-A<question>=<answer> Assert the <answer> to <question>. Putting '-' before <question> disables the <answer> to <question>
184
185C
186C ObjC C++ ObjC++
187Do not discard comments
188
189CC
190C ObjC C++ ObjC++
191Do not discard comments in macro expansions
192
193D
194C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
195-D<macro>[=<val>] Define a <macro> with <val> as its value. If just <macro> is given, <val> is taken to be 1
196
197E
198C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Var(flag_preprocess_only)
199
200F
201Driver C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
202-F <dir> Add <dir> to the end of the main framework include path
203
204H
205C ObjC C++ ObjC++
206Print the name of header files as they are used
207
208I
209C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
210-I <dir> Add <dir> to the end of the main include path
211
212M
213C ObjC C++ ObjC++
214Generate make dependencies
215
216MD
217C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
218Generate make dependencies and compile
219
220MF
221C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
222-MF <file> Write dependency output to the given file
223
224MG
225C ObjC C++ ObjC++
226Treat missing header files as generated files
227
228MM
229C ObjC C++ ObjC++
230Like -M but ignore system header files
231
232MMD
233C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
234Like -MD but ignore system header files
235
236MP
237C ObjC C++ ObjC++
238Generate phony targets for all headers
239
240MQ
241C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing makefile target after %qs)
242-MQ <target> Add a MAKE-quoted target
243
244MT
245C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing makefile target after %qs)
246-MT <target> Add an unquoted target
247
248P
249C ObjC C++ ObjC++
250Do not generate #line directives
251
252U
253C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
254-U<macro> Undefine <macro>
255
256Wabi
257C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(warn_abi) Warning
258Warn about things that will change when compiling with an ABI-compliant compiler
259
260Wpsabi
261C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(warn_psabi) Init(1) Undocumented
262
263Waddress
264C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_address) Warning
265Warn about suspicious uses of memory addresses
266
267Wall
268C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
269Enable most warning messages
270
271Wassign-intercept
272ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_assign_intercept) Warning
273Warn whenever an Objective-C assignment is being intercepted by the garbage collector
274
275Wbad-function-cast
276C ObjC Var(warn_bad_function_cast) Warning
277Warn about casting functions to incompatible types
278
279Wbuiltin-macro-redefined
280C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
281Warn when a built-in preprocessor macro is undefined or redefined
282
283Wc++-compat
284C ObjC Var(warn_cxx_compat) Warning
285Warn about C constructs that are not in the common subset of C and C++
286
287Wc++0x-compat
288C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cxx0x_compat) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
289Deprecated in favor of -Wc++11-compat
290
291Wc++11-compat
292C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wc++0x-compat)
293Warn about C++ constructs whose meaning differs between ISO C++ 1998 and ISO C++ 2011
294
295Wcast-qual
296C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cast_qual) Warning
297Warn about casts which discard qualifiers
298
299Wchar-subscripts
300C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_char_subscripts) Warning
301Warn about subscripts whose type is \"char\"
302
303Wclobbered
304C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_clobbered) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
305Warn about variables that might be changed by \"longjmp\" or \"vfork\"
306
307Wcomment
308C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
309Warn about possibly nested block comments, and C++ comments spanning more than one physical line
310
311Wcomments
312C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wcomment)
313Synonym for -Wcomment
314
315Wconversion
316C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_conversion) Warning
317Warn for implicit type conversions that may change a value
318
319Wconversion-null
320C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_conversion_null) Init(1) Warning
321Warn for converting NULL from/to a non-pointer type
322
323Wsign-conversion
324C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sign_conversion) Init(-1)
325Warn for implicit type conversions between signed and unsigned integers
326
327Wctor-dtor-privacy
328C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_ctor_dtor_privacy) Warning
329Warn when all constructors and destructors are private
330
331Wdeclaration-after-statement
332C ObjC Var(warn_declaration_after_statement) Warning
333Warn when a declaration is found after a statement
334
335Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor
336C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_delnonvdtor) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
337Warn about deleting polymorphic objects with non-virtual destructors
338
339Wdeprecated
340C C++ ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
341Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used
342
343Wdiv-by-zero
344C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_div_by_zero) Init(1) Warning
345Warn about compile-time integer division by zero
346
347Weffc++
348C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_ecpp) Warning
349Warn about violations of Effective C++ style rules
350
351Wempty-body
352C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_empty_body) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
353Warn about an empty body in an if or else statement
354
355Wendif-labels
356C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
357Warn about stray tokens after #elif and #endif
358
359Wenum-compare
360C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_enum_compare) Init(-1) Warning
361Warn about comparison of different enum types
362
363Werror
364C ObjC C++ ObjC++
365; Documented in common.opt
366
367Werror-implicit-function-declaration
368C ObjC RejectNegative Warning Alias(Werror=, implicit-function-declaration)
369This switch is deprecated; use -Werror=implicit-function-declaration instead
370
371Wfloat-equal
372C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_float_equal) Warning
373Warn if testing floating point numbers for equality
374
375Wformat
376C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
377Warn about printf/scanf/strftime/strfmon format string anomalies
378
379Wformat-extra-args
380C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_extra_args) Warning
381Warn if passing too many arguments to a function for its format string
382
383Wformat-nonliteral
384C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_nonliteral) Warning
385Warn about format strings that are not literals
386
387Wformat-contains-nul
388C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_contains_nul) Warning
389Warn about format strings that contain NUL bytes
390
391Wformat-security
392C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_security) Warning
393Warn about possible security problems with format functions
394
395Wformat-y2k
396C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_y2k) Warning
397Warn about strftime formats yielding 2-digit years
398
399Wformat-zero-length
400C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_zero_length) Warning
401Warn about zero-length formats
402
403Wformat=
404C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Warning
405
406Wignored-qualifiers
407C C++ Var(warn_ignored_qualifiers) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
408Warn whenever type qualifiers are ignored.
409
410Winit-self
411C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_init_self) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
412Warn about variables which are initialized to themselves
413
414Wimplicit
415C ObjC Var(warn_implicit) Init(-1) Warning
416Warn about implicit declarations
417
418Wdouble-promotion
419C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_double_promotion) Warning
420Warn about implicit conversions from \"float\" to \"double\"
421
422Wimplicit-function-declaration
423C ObjC Var(warn_implicit_function_declaration) Init(-1) Warning
424Warn about implicit function declarations
425
426Wimplicit-int
427C ObjC Var(warn_implicit_int) Init(-1) Warning
428Warn when a declaration does not specify a type
429
430Wimport
431C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Ignore
432
433Wint-to-pointer-cast
434C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_int_to_pointer_cast) Init(1) Warning
435Warn when there is a cast to a pointer from an integer of a different size
436
437Winvalid-offsetof
438C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_invalid_offsetof) Init(1) Warning
439Warn about invalid uses of the \"offsetof\" macro
440
441Winvalid-pch
442C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
443Warn about PCH files that are found but not used
444
445Wjump-misses-init
446C ObjC Var(warn_jump_misses_init) Warning LangEnabledby(C ObjC,Wc++-compat)
447Warn when a jump misses a variable initialization
448
449Wliteral-suffix
450C++ ObjC++ Warning
451Warn when a string or character literal is followed by a ud-suffix which does not begin with an underscore.
452
453Wlogical-op
454C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_logical_op) Init(0) Warning
455Warn when a logical operator is suspiciously always evaluating to true or false
456
457Wlong-long
458C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_long_long) Init(-1) Warning
459Do not warn about using \"long long\" when -pedantic
460
461Wmain
462C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_main) Init(-1) Warning
463Warn about suspicious declarations of \"main\"
464
465Wmissing-braces
466C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_braces) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall)
467Warn about possibly missing braces around initializers
468
469Wmissing-declarations
470C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_declarations) Warning
471Warn about global functions without previous declarations
472
473Wmissing-field-initializers
474C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_field_initializers) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
475Warn about missing fields in struct initializers
476
477Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess
478C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sizeof_pointer_memaccess) Warning
479
480Wsuggest-attribute=format
481C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_suggest_attribute_format) Warning
482Warn about functions which might be candidates for format attributes
483
484Wmissing-format-attribute
485C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=format)
486;
487
488Wmissing-include-dirs
489C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
490Warn about user-specified include directories that do not exist
491
492Wmissing-parameter-type
493C ObjC Var(warn_missing_parameter_type) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
494Warn about function parameters declared without a type specifier in K&R-style functions
495
496Wmissing-prototypes
497C ObjC Var(warn_missing_prototypes) Warning
498Warn about global functions without prototypes
499
500Wmudflap
501C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_mudflap) Init(1) Warning
502Warn about constructs not instrumented by -fmudflap
503
504Wmultichar
505C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
506Warn about use of multi-character character constants
507
508Wnarrowing
509C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_narrowing) Init(-1)
510Warn about narrowing conversions within { } that are ill-formed in C++11
511
512Wnested-externs
513C ObjC Var(warn_nested_externs) Warning
514Warn about \"extern\" declarations not at file scope
515
516Wnoexcept
517C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_noexcept) Warning
518Warn when a noexcept expression evaluates to false even though the expression can't actually throw
519
520Wnon-template-friend
521C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_nontemplate_friend) Init(1) Warning
522Warn when non-templatized friend functions are declared within a template
523
524Wnon-virtual-dtor
525C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_nonvdtor) Warning
526Warn about non-virtual destructors
527
528Wnonnull
529C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_nonnull) Warning
530Warn about NULL being passed to argument slots marked as requiring non-NULL
531
532Wnormalized=
533C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Warning
534-Wnormalized=<id|nfc|nfkc> Warn about non-normalised Unicode strings
535
536Wold-style-cast
537C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_old_style_cast) Warning
538Warn if a C-style cast is used in a program
539
540Wold-style-declaration
541C ObjC Var(warn_old_style_declaration) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
542Warn for obsolescent usage in a declaration
543
544Wold-style-definition
545C ObjC Var(warn_old_style_definition) Warning
546Warn if an old-style parameter definition is used
547
548Woverlength-strings
549C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_overlength_strings) Init(-1) Warning
550Warn if a string is longer than the maximum portable length specified by the standard
551
552Woverloaded-virtual
553C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_overloaded_virtual) Warning
554Warn about overloaded virtual function names
555
556Woverride-init
557C ObjC Var(warn_override_init) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
558Warn about overriding initializers without side effects
559
560Wpacked-bitfield-compat
561C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_packed_bitfield_compat) Init(-1) Warning
562Warn about packed bit-fields whose offset changed in GCC 4.4
563
564Wparentheses
565C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_parentheses) Warning
566Warn about possibly missing parentheses
567
568Wpedantic
569C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
570; Documented in common.opt
571
572Wpmf-conversions
573C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pmf2ptr) Init(1) Warning
574Warn when converting the type of pointers to member functions
575
576Wpointer-arith
577C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pointer_arith) Warning
578Warn about function pointer arithmetic
579
580Wpointer-to-int-cast
581C ObjC Var(warn_pointer_to_int_cast) Init(1) Warning
582Warn when a pointer is cast to an integer of a different size
583
584Wpragmas
585C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pragmas) Init(1) Warning
586Warn about misuses of pragmas
587
588Wproperty-assign-default
589ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_property_assign_default) Init(1) Warning
590Warn if a property for an Objective-C object has no assign semantics specified
591
592Wprotocol
593ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_protocol) Init(1) Warning
594Warn if inherited methods are unimplemented
595
596Wredundant-decls
597C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_redundant_decls) Warning
598Warn about multiple declarations of the same object
599
600Wreorder
601C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_reorder) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
602Warn when the compiler reorders code
603
604Wreturn-type
605C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_return_type) Warning
606Warn whenever a function's return type defaults to \"int\" (C), or about inconsistent return types (C++)
607
608Wselector
609ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_selector) Warning
610Warn if a selector has multiple methods
611
612Wsequence-point
613C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sequence_point) Warning
614Warn about possible violations of sequence point rules
615
616Wsign-compare
617C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sign_compare) Init(-1) Warning
618Warn about signed-unsigned comparisons
619
620Wsign-promo
621C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sign_promo) Warning
622Warn when overload promotes from unsigned to signed
623
624Wstrict-null-sentinel
625C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_strict_null_sentinel)
626Warn about uncasted NULL used as sentinel
627
628Wstrict-prototypes
629C ObjC Var(warn_strict_prototypes) Warning
630Warn about unprototyped function declarations
631
632Wstrict-selector-match
633ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_strict_selector_match) Warning
634Warn if type signatures of candidate methods do not match exactly
635
636Wsync-nand
637C C++ Var(warn_sync_nand) Init(1) Warning
638Warn when __sync_fetch_and_nand and __sync_nand_and_fetch built-in functions are used
639
640Wsynth
641C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_synth) Warning
642Deprecated. This switch has no effect
643
644Wsystem-headers
645C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
646; Documented in common.opt
647
648Wtraditional
649C ObjC Var(warn_traditional) Warning
650Warn about features not present in traditional C
651
652Wtraditional-conversion
653C ObjC Var(warn_traditional_conversion) Warning
654Warn of prototypes causing type conversions different from what would happen in the absence of prototype
655
656Wtrigraphs
657C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
658Warn if trigraphs are encountered that might affect the meaning of the program
659
660Wundeclared-selector
661ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_undeclared_selector) Warning
662Warn about @selector()s without previously declared methods
663
664Wundef
665C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
666Warn if an undefined macro is used in an #if directive
667
668Wunknown-pragmas
669C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
670Warn about unrecognized pragmas
671
672Wunsuffixed-float-constants
673C ObjC Var(warn_unsuffixed_float_constants) Warning
674Warn about unsuffixed float constants
675
676Wunused-local-typedefs
677C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_unused_local_typedefs) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
678Warn when typedefs locally defined in a function are not used
679
680Wunused-macros
681C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
682Warn about macros defined in the main file that are not used
683
684Wunused-result
685C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_unused_result) Init(1) Warning
686Warn if a caller of a function, marked with attribute warn_unused_result, does not use its return value
687
688Wvariadic-macros
689C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
690Do not warn about using variadic macros when -pedantic
691
692Wvarargs
693C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_varargs) Init(1)
694Warn about questionable usage of the macros used to retrieve variable arguments
695
696Wvla
697C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_vla) Init(-1) Warning
698Warn if a variable length array is used
699
700Wvolatile-register-var
701C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_volatile_register_var) Warning
702Warn when a register variable is declared volatile
703
704Wwrite-strings
705C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_write_strings) Warning
706In C++, nonzero means warn about deprecated conversion from string literals to 'char *'. In C, similar warning, except that the conversion is of course not deprecated by the ISO C standard.
707
708Wpointer-sign
709C ObjC Var(warn_pointer_sign) Init(-1) Warning
710Warn when a pointer differs in signedness in an assignment
711
712Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant
713C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_zero_as_null_pointer_constant) Warning
714Warn when a literal '0' is used as null pointer
715
716Wuseless-cast
717C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_useless_cast) Warning
718Warn about useless casts
719
720ansi
721C ObjC C++ ObjC++
722A synonym for -std=c89 (for C) or -std=c++98 (for C++)
723
724d
725C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined
726; Documented in common.opt. FIXME - what about -dI, -dD, -dN and -dD?
727
728faccess-control
729C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_access_control) Init(1)
730Enforce class member access control semantics
731
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer84c11392012-09-27 01:39:09 +0159732fada-spec-parent=
733C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Joined Var(ada_specs_parent)
734-fada-spec-parent=unit Dump Ada specs as child units of given parent
735
Bernhard Rosenkraenzerc83ebe52012-09-18 21:38:03 +0159736fall-virtual
737C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
738
739fallow-parameterless-variadic-functions
740C ObjC Var(flag_allow_parameterless_variadic_functions)
741Allow variadic functions without named parameter
742
743falt-external-templates
744C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
745No longer supported
746
747fasm
748C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_asm, 0)
749Recognize the \"asm\" keyword
750
751; Define extra predefined macros for use in libgcc.
752fbuilding-libgcc
753C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Var(flag_building_libgcc)
754
755fbuiltin
756C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_builtin, 0)
757Recognize built-in functions
758
759fbuiltin-
760C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined
761
762fcheck-new
763C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_check_new)
764Check the return value of new
765
766fcond-mismatch
767C ObjC C++ ObjC++
768Allow the arguments of the '?' operator to have different types
769
770fconserve-space
771C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_conserve_space)
772Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
773
774fconstant-string-class=
775ObjC ObjC++ Joined MissingArgError(no class name specified with %qs)
776-fconst-string-class=<name> Use class <name> for constant strings
777
778fconstexpr-depth=
779C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(max_constexpr_depth) Init(512)
780-fconstexpr-depth=<number> Specify maximum constexpr recursion depth
781
782fdebug-cpp
783C ObjC C++ ObjC++
784Emit debug annotations during preprocessing
785
786fdeduce-init-list
787C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_deduce_init_list) Init(0)
788-fdeduce-init-list enable deduction of std::initializer_list for a template type parameter from a brace-enclosed initializer-list
789
790fdefault-inline
791C++ ObjC++ Ignore
792Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
793
794fdirectives-only
795C ObjC C++ ObjC++
796Preprocess directives only.
797
798fdollars-in-identifiers
799C ObjC C++ ObjC++
800Permit '$' as an identifier character
801
Bernhard Rosenkraenzeree2ec6d2012-10-10 01:40:27 +0159802fdump-ada-spec
803C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Var(flag_dump_ada_spec)
804Write all declarations as Ada code transitively
805
806fdump-ada-spec-slim
807C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Var(flag_dump_ada_spec_slim)
808Write all declarations as Ada code for the given file only
809
Bernhard Rosenkraenzerc83ebe52012-09-18 21:38:03 +0159810felide-constructors
811C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_elide_constructors) Init(1)
812
813fenforce-eh-specs
814C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_enforce_eh_specs) Init(1)
815Generate code to check exception specifications
816
817fenum-int-equiv
818C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
819
820fexec-charset=
821C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
822-fexec-charset=<cset> Convert all strings and character constants to character set <cset>
823
824fextended-identifiers
825C ObjC C++ ObjC++
826Permit universal character names (\\u and \\U) in identifiers
827
828finput-charset=
829C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
830-finput-charset=<cset> Specify the default character set for source files
831
832
833fexternal-templates
834C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
835
836ffor-scope
837C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_new_for_scope) Init(1)
838Scope of for-init-statement variables is local to the loop
839
840ffreestanding
841C ObjC C++ ObjC++
842Do not assume that standard C libraries and \"main\" exist
843
844fgnu-keywords
845C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_gnu_keywords, 0)
846Recognize GNU-defined keywords
847
848fgnu-runtime
849ObjC ObjC++ Report RejectNegative Var(flag_next_runtime,0) Init(NEXT_OBJC_RUNTIME)
850Generate code for GNU runtime environment
851
852fgnu89-inline
853C ObjC Var(flag_gnu89_inline) Init(-1)
854Use traditional GNU semantics for inline functions
855
856fguiding-decls
857C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
858
859fhandle-exceptions
860C++ ObjC++ Optimization Alias(fexceptions) Warn({-fhandle-exceptions has been renamed -fexceptions (and is now on by default)})
861
862fhonor-std
863C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
864
865fhosted
866C ObjC
867Assume normal C execution environment
868
869fhuge-objects
870C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
871No longer supported
872
873fimplement-inlines
874C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_implement_inlines) Init(1)
875Export functions even if they can be inlined
876
877fimplicit-inline-templates
878C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_implicit_inline_templates) Init(1)
879Emit implicit instantiations of inline templates
880
881fimplicit-templates
882C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_implicit_templates) Init(1)
883Emit implicit instantiations of templates
884
885ffriend-injection
886C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_friend_injection)
887Inject friend functions into enclosing namespace
888
889fkeep-inline-dllexport
890C C++ ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_keep_inline_dllexport) Init(1) Report Condition(TARGET_DLLIMPORT_DECL_ATTRIBUTES)
891Don't emit dllexported inline functions unless needed
892
893flabels-ok
894C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
895
896flax-vector-conversions
897C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_lax_vector_conversions)
898Allow implicit conversions between vectors with differing numbers of subparts and/or differing element types.
899
900fms-extensions
901C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_ms_extensions)
902Don't warn about uses of Microsoft extensions
903
904fmudflap
905C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap)
906Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for single-threaded program
907
908fmudflapth
909C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap,2)
910Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for multi-threaded program
911
912fmudflapir
913C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap_ignore_reads)
914Ignore read operations when inserting mudflap instrumentation
915
916fname-mangling-version-
917C++ ObjC++ Joined Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
918
919fnew-abi
920C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
921
922fnext-runtime
923ObjC ObjC++ Report RejectNegative Var(flag_next_runtime)
924Generate code for NeXT (Apple Mac OS X) runtime environment
925
926fnil-receivers
927ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_nil_receivers) Init(1)
928Assume that receivers of Objective-C messages may be nil
929
930fnonansi-builtins
931C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_nonansi_builtin, 0)
932
933fnonnull-objects
934C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
935
936fnothrow-opt
937C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_nothrow_opt)
938Treat a throw() exception specification as noexcept to improve code size
939
940fobjc-abi-version=
941ObjC ObjC++ Joined Report RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_objc_abi)
942Specify which ABI to use for Objective-C family code and meta-data generation.
943
944; Generate special '- .cxx_construct' and '- .cxx_destruct' methods
945; to initialize any non-POD ivars in Objective-C++ classes.
946fobjc-call-cxx-cdtors
947ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_call_cxx_cdtors)
948Generate special Objective-C methods to initialize/destroy non-POD C++ ivars, if needed
949
950fobjc-direct-dispatch
951ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_direct_dispatch)
952Allow fast jumps to the message dispatcher
953
954; Nonzero means that we will allow new ObjC exception syntax (@throw,
955; @try, etc.) in source code.
956fobjc-exceptions
957ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_exceptions)
958Enable Objective-C exception and synchronization syntax
959
960fobjc-gc
961ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_gc)
962Enable garbage collection (GC) in Objective-C/Objective-C++ programs
963
964fobjc-nilcheck
965ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_nilcheck,1)
966Enable inline checks for nil receivers with the NeXT runtime and ABI version 2.
967
968; Nonzero means that we generate NeXT setjmp based exceptions.
969fobjc-sjlj-exceptions
970ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_sjlj_exceptions) Init(-1)
971Enable Objective-C setjmp exception handling runtime
972
973fobjc-std=objc1
974ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc1_only)
975Conform to the Objective-C 1.0 language as implemented in GCC 4.0
976
977fopenmp
978C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_openmp)
979Enable OpenMP (implies -frecursive in Fortran)
980
981foperator-names
982C++ ObjC++
983Recognize C++ keywords like \"compl\" and \"xor\"
984
985foptional-diags
986C++ ObjC++ Ignore
987Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
988
989fpch-deps
990C ObjC C++ ObjC++
991
992fpch-preprocess
993C ObjC C++ ObjC++
994Look for and use PCH files even when preprocessing
995
996fpermissive
997C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_permissive)
998Downgrade conformance errors to warnings
999
1000fplan9-extensions
1001C ObjC Var(flag_plan9_extensions)
1002Enable Plan 9 language extensions
1003
1004fpreprocessed
1005C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1006Treat the input file as already preprocessed
1007
1008ftrack-macro-expansion
1009C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative UInteger
1010; converted into ftrack-macro-expansion=
1011
1012ftrack-macro-expansion=
1013C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative UInteger
1014-ftrack-macro-expansion=<0|1|2> Track locations of tokens coming from macro expansion and display them in error messages
1015
1016fpretty-templates
1017C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_pretty_templates) Init(1)
1018-fno-pretty-templates Do not pretty-print template specializations as the template signature followed by the arguments
1019
1020freplace-objc-classes
1021ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_replace_objc_classes)
1022Used in Fix-and-Continue mode to indicate that object files may be swapped in at runtime
1023
1024frepo
1025C++ ObjC++
1026Enable automatic template instantiation
1027
1028frtti
1029C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_rtti) Init(1)
1030Generate run time type descriptor information
1031
1032fshort-double
1033C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_short_double)
1034Use the same size for double as for float
1035
1036fshort-enums
1037C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_short_enums)
1038Use the narrowest integer type possible for enumeration types
1039
1040fshort-wchar
1041C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_short_wchar)
1042Force the underlying type for \"wchar_t\" to be \"unsigned short\"
1043
1044fsigned-bitfields
1045C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_signed_bitfields) Init(1)
1046When \"signed\" or \"unsigned\" is not given make the bitfield signed
1047
1048fsigned-char
1049C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_signed_char)
1050Make \"char\" signed by default
1051
1052fsquangle
1053C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
1054
1055fstats
1056C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_detailed_statistics)
1057Display statistics accumulated during compilation
1058
1059fstrict-enums
1060C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_strict_enums)
1061Assume that values of enumeration type are always within the minimum range of that type
1062
1063fstrict-prototype
1064C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
1065
1066ftabstop=
1067C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1068-ftabstop=<number> Distance between tab stops for column reporting
1069
1070ftemplate-backtrace-limit=
1071C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(template_backtrace_limit) Init(10)
1072Set the maximum number of template instantiation notes for a single warning or error
1073
1074ftemplate-depth-
1075C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Alias(ftemplate-depth=)
1076
1077ftemplate-depth=
1078C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1079-ftemplate-depth=<number> Specify maximum template instantiation depth
1080
1081fthis-is-variable
1082C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
1083
1084fthreadsafe-statics
1085C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_threadsafe_statics) Init(1)
1086-fno-threadsafe-statics Do not generate thread-safe code for initializing local statics
1087
1088funsigned-bitfields
1089C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_signed_bitfields, 0)
1090When \"signed\" or \"unsigned\" is not given make the bitfield unsigned
1091
1092funsigned-char
1093C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_signed_char, 0)
1094Make \"char\" unsigned by default
1095
1096fuse-cxa-atexit
1097C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_use_cxa_atexit) Init(DEFAULT_USE_CXA_ATEXIT)
1098Use __cxa_atexit to register destructors
1099
1100fuse-cxa-get-exception-ptr
1101C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_use_cxa_get_exception_ptr) Init(2)
1102Use __cxa_get_exception_ptr in exception handling
1103
1104fvisibility-inlines-hidden
1105C++ ObjC++
1106Marks all inlined functions and methods as having hidden visibility
1107
1108fvisibility-ms-compat
1109C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_visibility_ms_compat)
1110Changes visibility to match Microsoft Visual Studio by default
1111
1112fvtable-gc
1113C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
1114No longer supported
1115
1116fvtable-thunks
1117C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
1118No longer supported
1119
1120fweak
1121C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_weak) Init(1)
1122Emit common-like symbols as weak symbols
1123
1124fwide-exec-charset=
1125C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
1126-fwide-exec-charset=<cset> Convert all wide strings and character constants to character set <cset>
1127
1128fworking-directory
1129C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_working_directory) Init(-1)
1130Generate a #line directive pointing at the current working directory
1131
1132fxref
1133C++ ObjC++ Ignore Warn(switch %qs is no longer supported)
1134No longer supported
1135
1136fzero-link
1137ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_zero_link)
1138Generate lazy class lookup (via objc_getClass()) for use in Zero-Link mode
1139
1140gen-decls
1141ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_gen_declaration)
1142Dump declarations to a .decl file
1143
1144femit-struct-debug-baseonly
1145C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1146-femit-struct-debug-baseonly Aggressive reduced debug info for structs
1147
1148femit-struct-debug-reduced
1149C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1150-femit-struct-debug-reduced Conservative reduced debug info for structs
1151
1152femit-struct-debug-detailed=
1153C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined
1154-femit-struct-debug-detailed=<spec-list> Detailed reduced debug info for structs
1155
1156idirafter
1157C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
1158-idirafter <dir> Add <dir> to the end of the system include path
1159
1160imacros
1161C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
1162-imacros <file> Accept definition of macros in <file>
1163
1164imultilib
1165C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
1166-imultilib <dir> Set <dir> to be the multilib include subdirectory
1167
1168include
1169C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
1170-include <file> Include the contents of <file> before other files
1171
1172iprefix
1173C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
1174-iprefix <path> Specify <path> as a prefix for next two options
1175
1176isysroot
1177C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
1178-isysroot <dir> Set <dir> to be the system root directory
1179
1180isystem
1181C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
1182-isystem <dir> Add <dir> to the start of the system include path
1183
1184iquote
1185C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
1186-iquote <dir> Add <dir> to the end of the quote include path
1187
1188iwithprefix
1189C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
1190-iwithprefix <dir> Add <dir> to the end of the system include path
1191
1192iwithprefixbefore
1193C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
1194-iwithprefixbefore <dir> Add <dir> to the end of the main include path
1195
1196lang-asm
1197C Undocumented RejectDriver
1198
1199no-integrated-cpp
1200Driver
1201
1202nostdinc
1203C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1204Do not search standard system include directories (those specified with -isystem will still be used)
1205
1206nostdinc++
1207C++ ObjC++
1208Do not search standard system include directories for C++
1209
1210o
1211C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
1212; Documented in common.opt
1213
1214pedantic
1215C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(Wpedantic)
1216; Documented in common.opt
1217
1218print-objc-runtime-info
1219ObjC ObjC++
1220Generate C header of platform-specific features
1221
1222remap
1223C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1224Remap file names when including files
1225
1226std=c++98
1227C++ ObjC++
1228Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical corrigendum
1229
1230std=c++03
1231C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++98)
1232Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical corrigendum
1233
1234std=c++11
1235C++ ObjC++
1236Conform to the ISO 2011 C++ standard (experimental and incomplete support)
1237
1238std=c++0x
1239C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++11)
1240Deprecated in favor of -std=c++11
1241
1242std=c++1y
1243C++ ObjC++
1244Conform to the ISO 201y(7?) C++ draft standard (experimental and incomplete support)
1245
1246std=c11
1247C ObjC
1248Conform to the ISO 2011 C standard (experimental and incomplete support)
1249
1250std=c1x
1251C ObjC Alias(std=c11)
1252Deprecated in favor of -std=c11
1253
1254std=c89
1255C ObjC Alias(std=c90)
1256Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard
1257
1258std=c90
1259C ObjC
1260Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard
1261
1262std=c99
1263C ObjC
1264Conform to the ISO 1999 C standard
1265
1266std=c9x
1267C ObjC Alias(std=c99)
1268Deprecated in favor of -std=c99
1269
1270std=gnu++98
1271C++ ObjC++
1272Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical
1273corrigendum with GNU extensions
1274
1275std=gnu++03
1276C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++98)
1277Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical
1278corrigendum with GNU extensions
1279
1280std=gnu++11
1281C++ ObjC++
1282Conform to the ISO 2011 C++ standard with GNU extensions (experimental and incomplete support)
1283
1284std=gnu++0x
1285C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++11)
1286Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu++11
1287
1288std=gnu++1y
1289C++ ObjC++
1290Conform to the ISO 201y(7?) C++ draft standard with GNU extensions (experimental and incomplete support)
1291
1292std=gnu11
1293C ObjC
1294Conform to the ISO 2011 C standard with GNU extensions (experimental and incomplete support)
1295
1296std=gnu1x
1297C ObjC Alias(std=gnu11)
1298Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu11
1299
1300std=gnu89
1301C ObjC Alias(std=gnu90)
1302Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard with GNU extensions
1303
1304std=gnu90
1305C ObjC
1306Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard with GNU extensions
1307
1308std=gnu99
1309C ObjC
1310Conform to the ISO 1999 C standard with GNU extensions
1311
1312std=gnu9x
1313C ObjC Alias(std=gnu99)
1314Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu99
1315
1316std=iso9899:1990
1317C ObjC Alias(std=c90)
1318Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard
1319
1320std=iso9899:199409
1321C ObjC
1322Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard as amended in 1994
1323
1324std=iso9899:1999
1325C ObjC Alias(std=c99)
1326Conform to the ISO 1999 C standard
1327
1328std=iso9899:199x
1329C ObjC Alias(std=c99)
1330Deprecated in favor of -std=iso9899:1999
1331
1332std=iso9899:2011
1333C ObjC Alias(std=c11)
1334Conform to the ISO 2011 C standard (experimental and incomplete support)
1335
1336traditional
1337Driver
1338
1339traditional-cpp
1340C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1341Enable traditional preprocessing
1342
1343trigraphs
1344C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1345-trigraphs Support ISO C trigraphs
1346
1347undef
1348C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_undef)
1349Do not predefine system-specific and GCC-specific macros
1350
1351v
1352C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1353; Documented in common.opt
1354
1355w
1356C ObjC C++ ObjC++
1357; Documented in common.opt
1358
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