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In C++ mode, it is +equivalent to <samp>-std=c++98</samp>. +</p> +<p>This turns off certain features of GCC that are incompatible with ISO +C90 (when compiling C code), or of standard C++ (when compiling C++ code), +such as the <code>asm</code> and <code>typeof</code> keywords, and +predefined macros such as <code>unix</code> and <code>vax</code> that identify the +type of system you are using. It also enables the undesirable and +rarely used ISO trigraph feature. For the C compiler, +it disables recognition of C++ style ‘<samp>//</samp>’ comments as well as +the <code>inline</code> keyword. +</p> +<p>The alternate keywords <code>__asm__</code>, <code>__extension__</code>, +<code>__inline__</code> and <code>__typeof__</code> continue to work despite +<samp>-ansi</samp>. You would not want to use them in an ISO C program, of +course, but it is useful to put them in header files that might be included +in compilations done with <samp>-ansi</samp>. Alternate predefined macros +such as <code>__unix__</code> and <code>__vax__</code> are also available, with or +without <samp>-ansi</samp>. +</p> +<p>The <samp>-ansi</samp> option does not cause non-ISO programs to be +rejected gratuitously. For that, <samp>-Wpedantic</samp> is required in +addition to <samp>-ansi</samp>. See <a href="Warning-Options.html#Warning-Options">Warning Options</a>. +</p> +<p>The macro <code>__STRICT_ANSI__</code> is predefined when the <samp>-ansi</samp> +option is used. Some header files may notice this macro and refrain +from declaring certain functions or defining certain macros that the +ISO standard doesn’t call for; this is to avoid interfering with any +programs that might use these names for other things. +</p> +<p>Functions that are normally built in but do not have semantics +defined by ISO C (such as <code>alloca</code> and <code>ffs</code>) are not built-in +functions when <samp>-ansi</samp> is used. See <a href="Other-Builtins.html#Other-Builtins">Other +built-in functions provided by GCC</a>, for details of the functions +affected. +</p> +<a name="index-std-1"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-std=</code></dt> +<dd><p>Determine the language standard. See <a href="Standards.html#Standards">Language Standards +Supported by GCC</a>, for details of these standard versions. This option +is currently only supported when compiling C or C++. +</p> +<p>The compiler can accept several base standards, such as ‘<samp>c90</samp>’ or +‘<samp>c++98</samp>’, and GNU dialects of those standards, such as +‘<samp>gnu90</samp>’ or ‘<samp>gnu++98</samp>’. When a base standard is specified, the +compiler accepts all programs following that standard plus those +using GNU extensions that do not contradict it. For example, +<samp>-std=c90</samp> turns off certain features of GCC that are +incompatible with ISO C90, such as the <code>asm</code> and <code>typeof</code> +keywords, but not other GNU extensions that do not have a meaning in +ISO C90, such as omitting the middle term of a <code>?:</code> +expression. On the other hand, when a GNU dialect of a standard is +specified, all features supported by the compiler are enabled, even when +those features change the meaning of the base standard. As a result, some +strict-conforming programs may be rejected. The particular standard +is used by <samp>-Wpedantic</samp> to identify which features are GNU +extensions given that version of the standard. For example +<samp>-std=gnu90 -Wpedantic</samp> warns about C++ style ‘<samp>//</samp>’ +comments, while <samp>-std=gnu99 -Wpedantic</samp> does not. +</p> +<p>A value for this option must be provided; possible values are +</p> +<dl compact="compact"> +<dt>‘<samp>c90</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c89</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:1990</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Support all ISO C90 programs (certain GNU extensions that conflict +with ISO C90 are disabled). Same as <samp>-ansi</samp> for C code. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:199409</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>ISO C90 as modified in amendment 1. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c99</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c9x</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:1999</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:199x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>ISO C99. This standard is substantially completely supported, modulo +bugs and floating-point issues +(mainly but not entirely relating to optional C99 features from +Annexes F and G). See +<a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html">https://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html</a><!-- /@w --> for more information. The +names ‘<samp>c9x</samp>’ and ‘<samp>iso9899:199x</samp>’ are deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c11</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c1x</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:2011</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>ISO C11, the 2011 revision of the ISO C standard. This standard is +substantially completely supported, modulo bugs, floating-point issues +(mainly but not entirely relating to optional C11 features from +Annexes F and G) and the optional Annexes K (Bounds-checking +interfaces) and L (Analyzability). The name ‘<samp>c1x</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c17</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c18</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:2017</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>iso9899:2018</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>ISO C17, the 2017 revision of the ISO C standard +(published in 2018). This standard is +same as C11 except for corrections of defects (all of which are also +applied with <samp>-std=c11</samp>) and a new value of +<code>__STDC_VERSION__</code>, and so is supported to the same extent as C11. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c2x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The next version of the ISO C standard, still under development. The +support for this version is experimental and incomplete. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu90</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu89</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of ISO C90 (including some C99 features). +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu99</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu9x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of ISO C99. The name ‘<samp>gnu9x</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu11</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu1x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of ISO C11. +The name ‘<samp>gnu1x</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu17</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu18</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of ISO C17. This is the default for C code. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu2x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The next version of the ISO C standard, still under development, plus +GNU extensions. The support for this version is experimental and +incomplete. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c++98</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c++03</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The 1998 ISO C++ standard plus the 2003 technical corrigendum and some +additional defect reports. Same as <samp>-ansi</samp> for C++ code. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++98</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++03</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of <samp>-std=c++98</samp>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c++11</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c++0x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The 2011 ISO C++ standard plus amendments. +The name ‘<samp>c++0x</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++11</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++0x</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of <samp>-std=c++11</samp>. +The name ‘<samp>gnu++0x</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c++14</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c++1y</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The 2014 ISO C++ standard plus amendments. +The name ‘<samp>c++1y</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++14</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++1y</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of <samp>-std=c++14</samp>. +The name ‘<samp>gnu++1y</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c++17</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c++1z</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The 2017 ISO C++ standard plus amendments. +The name ‘<samp>c++1z</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++17</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++1z</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of <samp>-std=c++17</samp>. +This is the default for C++ code. +The name ‘<samp>gnu++1z</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c++20</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c++2a</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The 2020 ISO C++ standard plus amendments. +Support is experimental, and could change in incompatible ways in +future releases. +The name ‘<samp>c++2a</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++20</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++2a</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of <samp>-std=c++20</samp>. +Support is experimental, and could change in incompatible ways in +future releases. +The name ‘<samp>gnu++2a</samp>’ is deprecated. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>c++2b</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>c++23</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>The next revision of the ISO C++ standard, planned for +2023. Support is highly experimental, and will almost certainly +change in incompatible ways in future releases. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++2b</samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp>gnu++23</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>GNU dialect of <samp>-std=c++2b</samp>. Support is highly experimental, +and will almost certainly change in incompatible ways in future +releases. +</p></dd> +</dl> + +<a name="index-aux_002dinfo"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-aux-info <var>filename</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Output to the given filename prototyped declarations for all functions +declared and/or defined in a translation unit, including those in header +files. This option is silently ignored in any language other than C. +</p> +<p>Besides declarations, the file indicates, in comments, the origin of +each declaration (source file and line), whether the declaration was +implicit, prototyped or unprototyped (‘<samp>I</samp>’, ‘<samp>N</samp>’ for new or +‘<samp>O</samp>’ for old, respectively, in the first character after the line +number and the colon), and whether it came from a declaration or a +definition (‘<samp>C</samp>’ or ‘<samp>F</samp>’, respectively, in the following +character). In the case of function definitions, a K&R-style list of +arguments followed by their declarations is also provided, inside +comments, after the declaration. +</p> +<a name="index-fno_002dasm"></a> +<a name="index-fasm"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fno-asm</code></dt> +<dd><p>Do not recognize <code>asm</code>, <code>inline</code> or <code>typeof</code> as a +keyword, so that code can use these words as identifiers. You can use +the keywords <code>__asm__</code>, <code>__inline__</code> and <code>__typeof__</code> +instead. In C, <samp>-ansi</samp> implies <samp>-fno-asm</samp>. +</p> +<p>In C++, <code>inline</code> is a standard keyword and is not affected by +this switch. You may want to use the <samp>-fno-gnu-keywords</samp> flag +instead, which disables <code>typeof</code> but not <code>asm</code> and +<code>inline</code>. In C99 mode (<samp>-std=c99</samp> or <samp>-std=gnu99</samp>), +this switch only affects the <code>asm</code> and <code>typeof</code> keywords, +since <code>inline</code> is a standard keyword in ISO C99. In C2X mode +(<samp>-std=c2x</samp> or <samp>-std=gnu2x</samp>), this switch only affects +the <code>asm</code> keyword, since <code>typeof</code> is a standard keyword in +ISO C2X. +</p> +<a name="index-fno_002dbuiltin"></a> +<a name="index-fbuiltin"></a> +<a name="index-built_002din-functions"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fno-builtin</code></dt> +<dt><code>-fno-builtin-<var>function</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Don’t recognize built-in functions that do not begin with +‘<samp>__builtin_</samp>’ as prefix. See <a href="Other-Builtins.html#Other-Builtins">Other built-in +functions provided by GCC</a>, for details of the functions affected, +including those which are not built-in functions when <samp>-ansi</samp> or +<samp>-std</samp> options for strict ISO C conformance are used because they +do not have an ISO standard meaning. +</p> +<p>GCC normally generates special code to handle certain built-in functions +more efficiently; for instance, calls to <code>alloca</code> may become single +instructions which adjust the stack directly, and calls to <code>memcpy</code> +may become inline copy loops. The resulting code is often both smaller +and faster, but since the function calls no longer appear as such, you +cannot set a breakpoint on those calls, nor can you change the behavior +of the functions by linking with a different library. In addition, +when a function is recognized as a built-in function, GCC may use +information about that function to warn about problems with calls to +that function, or to generate more efficient code, even if the +resulting code still contains calls to that function. For example, +warnings are given with <samp>-Wformat</samp> for bad calls to +<code>printf</code> when <code>printf</code> is built in and <code>strlen</code> is +known not to modify global memory. +</p> +<p>With the <samp>-fno-builtin-<var>function</var></samp> option +only the built-in function <var>function</var> is +disabled. <var>function</var> must not begin with ‘<samp>__builtin_</samp>’. If a +function is named that is not built-in in this version of GCC, this +option is ignored. There is no corresponding +<samp>-fbuiltin-<var>function</var></samp> option; if you wish to enable +built-in functions selectively when using <samp>-fno-builtin</samp> or +<samp>-ffreestanding</samp>, you may define macros such as: +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">#define abs(n) __builtin_abs ((n)) +#define strcpy(d, s) __builtin_strcpy ((d), (s)) +</pre></div> + +<a name="index-fcond_002dmismatch"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fcond-mismatch</code></dt> +<dd><p>Allow conditional expressions with mismatched types in the second and +third arguments. The value of such an expression is void. This option +is not supported for C++. +</p> +<a name="index-ffreestanding-1"></a> +<a name="index-hosted-environment-1"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-ffreestanding</code></dt> +<dd> +<p>Assert that compilation targets a freestanding environment. This +implies <samp>-fno-builtin</samp>. A freestanding environment +is one in which the standard library may not exist, and program startup may +not necessarily be at <code>main</code>. The most obvious example is an OS kernel. +This is equivalent to <samp>-fno-hosted</samp>. +</p> +<p>See <a href="Standards.html#Standards">Language Standards Supported by GCC</a>, for details of +freestanding and hosted environments. +</p> +<a name="index-fgimple"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fgimple</code></dt> +<dd> +<p>Enable parsing of function definitions marked with <code>__GIMPLE</code>. +This is an experimental feature that allows unit testing of GIMPLE +passes. +</p> +<a name="index-fgnu_002dtm"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fgnu-tm</code></dt> +<dd><p>When the option <samp>-fgnu-tm</samp> is specified, the compiler +generates code for the Linux variant of Intel’s current Transactional +Memory ABI specification document (Revision 1.1, May 6 2009). This is +an experimental feature whose interface may change in future versions +of GCC, as the official specification changes. Please note that not +all architectures are supported for this feature. +</p> +<p>For more information on GCC’s support for transactional memory, +See <a href="../libitm/Enabling-libitm.html#Enabling-libitm">The GNU Transactional Memory Library</a> in <cite>GNU +Transactional Memory Library</cite>. +</p> +<p>Note that the transactional memory feature is not supported with +non-call exceptions (<samp>-fnon-call-exceptions</samp>). +</p> +<a name="index-fgnu89_002dinline"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fgnu89-inline</code></dt> +<dd><p>The option <samp>-fgnu89-inline</samp> tells GCC to use the traditional +GNU semantics for <code>inline</code> functions when in C99 mode. +See <a href="Inline.html#Inline">An Inline Function is As Fast As a Macro</a>. +Using this option is roughly equivalent to adding the +<code>gnu_inline</code> function attribute to all inline functions +(see <a href="Function-Attributes.html#Function-Attributes">Function Attributes</a>). +</p> +<p>The option <samp>-fno-gnu89-inline</samp> explicitly tells GCC to use the +C99 semantics for <code>inline</code> when in C99 or gnu99 mode (i.e., it +specifies the default behavior). +This option is not supported in <samp>-std=c90</samp> or +<samp>-std=gnu90</samp> mode. +</p> +<p>The preprocessor macros <code>__GNUC_GNU_INLINE__</code> and +<code>__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__</code> may be used to check which semantics are +in effect for <code>inline</code> functions. See <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Common-Predefined-Macros.html#Common-Predefined-Macros">Common Predefined +Macros</a> in <cite>The C Preprocessor</cite>. +</p> +<a name="index-fhosted"></a> +<a name="index-hosted-environment-2"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fhosted</code></dt> +<dd> +<p>Assert that compilation targets a hosted environment. This implies +<samp>-fbuiltin</samp>. A hosted environment is one in which the +entire standard library is available, and in which <code>main</code> has a return +type of <code>int</code>. Examples are nearly everything except a kernel. +This is equivalent to <samp>-fno-freestanding</samp>. +</p> +<a name="index-flax_002dvector_002dconversions"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-flax-vector-conversions</code></dt> +<dd><p>Allow implicit conversions between vectors with differing numbers of +elements and/or incompatible element types. This option should not be +used for new code. +</p> +<a name="index-fms_002dextensions"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fms-extensions</code></dt> +<dd><p>Accept some non-standard constructs used in Microsoft header files. +</p> +<p>In C++ code, this allows member names in structures to be similar +to previous types declarations. +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">typedef int UOW; +struct ABC { + UOW UOW; +}; +</pre></div> + +<p>Some cases of unnamed fields in structures and unions are only +accepted with this option. See <a href="Unnamed-Fields.html#Unnamed-Fields">Unnamed struct/union +fields within structs/unions</a>, for details. +</p> +<p>Note that this option is off for all targets except for x86 +targets using ms-abi. +</p> +<a name="index-foffload"></a> +<a name="index-Offloading-targets"></a> +<a name="index-OpenACC-offloading-targets"></a> +<a name="index-OpenMP-offloading-targets"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-foffload=disable</code></dt> +<dt><code>-foffload=default</code></dt> +<dt><code>-foffload=<var>target-list</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Specify for which OpenMP and OpenACC offload targets code should be generated. +The default behavior, equivalent to <samp>-foffload=default</samp>, is to generate +code for all supported offload targets. The <samp>-foffload=disable</samp> form +generates code only for the host fallback, while +<samp>-foffload=<var>target-list</var></samp> generates code only for the specified +comma-separated list of offload targets. +</p> +<p>Offload targets are specified in GCC’s internal target-triplet format. You can +run the compiler with <samp>-v</samp> to show the list of configured offload targets +under <code>OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES</code>. +</p> +<a name="index-foffload_002doptions"></a> +<a name="index-Offloading-options"></a> +<a name="index-OpenACC-offloading-options"></a> +<a name="index-OpenMP-offloading-options"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-foffload-options=<var>options</var></code></dt> +<dt><code>-foffload-options=<var>target-triplet-list</var>=<var>options</var></code></dt> +<dd> +<p>With <samp>-foffload-options=<var>options</var></samp>, GCC passes the specified +<var>options</var> to the compilers for all enabled offloading targets. You can +specify options that apply only to a specific target or targets by using +the <samp>-foffload-options=<var>target-list</var>=<var>options</var></samp> form. The +<var>target-list</var> is a comma-separated list in the same format as for the +<samp>-foffload=</samp> option. +</p> +<p>Typical command lines are +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">-foffload-options=-lgfortran -foffload-options=-lm +-foffload-options="-lgfortran -lm" -foffload-options=nvptx-none=-latomic +-foffload-options=amdgcn-amdhsa=-march=gfx906 -foffload-options=-lm +</pre></div> + +<a name="index-fopenacc"></a> +<a name="index-OpenACC-accelerator-programming"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fopenacc</code></dt> +<dd><p>Enable handling of OpenACC directives <code>#pragma acc</code> in C/C++ and +<code>!$acc</code> in Fortran. When <samp>-fopenacc</samp> is specified, the +compiler generates accelerated code according to the OpenACC Application +Programming Interface v2.6 <a href="https://www.openacc.org">https://www.openacc.org</a><!-- /@w -->. This option +implies <samp>-pthread</samp>, and thus is only supported on targets that +have support for <samp>-pthread</samp>. +</p> +<a name="index-fopenacc_002ddim"></a> +<a name="index-OpenACC-accelerator-programming-1"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fopenacc-dim=<var>geom</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Specify default compute dimensions for parallel offload regions that do +not explicitly specify. The <var>geom</var> value is a triple of +’:’-separated sizes, in order ’gang’, ’worker’ and, ’vector’. A size +can be omitted, to use a target-specific default value. +</p> +<a name="index-fopenmp"></a> +<a name="index-OpenMP-parallel"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fopenmp</code></dt> +<dd><p>Enable handling of OpenMP directives <code>#pragma omp</code> in C/C++, +<code>[[omp::directive(...)]]</code> and <code>[[omp::sequence(...)]]</code> in C++ and +<code>!$omp</code> in Fortran. When <samp>-fopenmp</samp> is specified, the +compiler generates parallel code according to the OpenMP Application +Program Interface v4.5 <a href="https://www.openmp.org">https://www.openmp.org</a><!-- /@w -->. This option +implies <samp>-pthread</samp>, and thus is only supported on targets that +have support for <samp>-pthread</samp>. <samp>-fopenmp</samp> implies +<samp>-fopenmp-simd</samp>. +</p> +<a name="index-fopenmp_002dsimd"></a> +<a name="index-OpenMP-SIMD"></a> +<a name="index-SIMD"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fopenmp-simd</code></dt> +<dd><p>Enable handling of OpenMP’s <code>simd</code>, <code>declare simd</code>, +<code>declare reduction</code>, <code>assume</code>, <code>ordered</code>, <code>scan</code>, +<code>loop</code> directives and combined or composite directives with +<code>simd</code> as constituent with <code>#pragma omp</code> in C/C++, +<code>[[omp::directive(...)]]</code> and <code>[[omp::sequence(...)]]</code> in C++ +and <code>!$omp</code> in Fortran. Other OpenMP directives are ignored. +</p> +<a name="index-fopenmp_002dtarget_002dsimd_002dclone"></a> +<a name="index-OpenMP-target-SIMD-clone"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fopenmp-target-simd-clone</code></dt> +<dt><code>-fopenmp-target-simd-clone=<var>device-type</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>In addition to generating SIMD clones for functions marked with the +<code>declare simd</code> directive, GCC also generates clones +for functions marked with the OpenMP <code>declare target</code> directive +that are suitable for vectorization when this option is in effect. The +<var>device-type</var> may be one of <code>none</code>, <code>host</code>, <code>nohost</code>, +and <code>any</code>, which correspond to keywords for the <code>device_type</code> +clause of the <code>declare target</code> directive; clones are generated for +the intersection of devices specified. +<samp>-fopenmp-target-simd-clone</samp> is equivalent to +<samp>-fopenmp-target-simd-clone=any</samp> and +<samp>-fno-openmp-target-simd-clone</samp> is equivalent to +<samp>-fopenmp-target-simd-clone=none</samp>. +</p> +<p>At <samp>-O2</samp> and higher (but not <samp>-Os</samp> or <samp>-Og</samp>) this +optimization defaults to <samp>-fopenmp-target-simd-clone=nohost</samp>; otherwise +it is disabled by default. +</p> +<a name="index-fpermitted_002dflt_002deval_002dmethods"></a> +<a name="index-fpermitted_002dflt_002deval_002dmethods_003dc11"></a> +<a name="index-fpermitted_002dflt_002deval_002dmethods_003dts_002d18661_002d3"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=<var>style</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 defines new permissible values for +<code>FLT_EVAL_METHOD</code> that indicate that operations and constants with +a semantic type that is an interchange or extended format should be +evaluated to the precision and range of that type. These new values are +a superset of those permitted under C99/C11, which does not specify the +meaning of other positive values of <code>FLT_EVAL_METHOD</code>. As such, code +conforming to C11 may not have been written expecting the possibility of +the new values. +</p> +<p><samp>-fpermitted-flt-eval-methods</samp> specifies whether the compiler +should allow only the values of <code>FLT_EVAL_METHOD</code> specified in C99/C11, +or the extended set of values specified in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3. +</p> +<p><var>style</var> is either <code>c11</code> or <code>ts-18661-3</code> as appropriate. +</p> +<p>The default when in a standards compliant mode (<samp>-std=c11</samp> or similar) +is <samp>-fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=c11</samp>. The default when in a GNU +dialect (<samp>-std=gnu11</samp> or similar) is +<samp>-fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=ts-18661-3</samp>. +</p> +<a name="index-fplan9_002dextensions"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fplan9-extensions</code></dt> +<dd><p>Accept some non-standard constructs used in Plan 9 code. +</p> +<p>This enables <samp>-fms-extensions</samp>, permits passing pointers to +structures with anonymous fields to functions that expect pointers to +elements of the type of the field, and permits referring to anonymous +fields declared using a typedef. See <a href="Unnamed-Fields.html#Unnamed-Fields">Unnamed +struct/union fields within structs/unions</a>, for details. This is only +supported for C, not C++. +</p> +<a name="index-fsigned_002dbitfields"></a> +<a name="index-funsigned_002dbitfields"></a> +<a name="index-fno_002dsigned_002dbitfields"></a> +<a name="index-fno_002dunsigned_002dbitfields"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fsigned-bitfields</code></dt> +<dt><code>-funsigned-bitfields</code></dt> +<dt><code>-fno-signed-bitfields</code></dt> +<dt><code>-fno-unsigned-bitfields</code></dt> +<dd><p>These options control whether a bit-field is signed or unsigned, when the +declaration does not use either <code>signed</code> or <code>unsigned</code>. By +default, such a bit-field is signed, because this is consistent: the +basic integer types such as <code>int</code> are signed types. +</p> +<a name="index-fsigned_002dchar"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fsigned-char</code></dt> +<dd><p>Let the type <code>char</code> be signed, like <code>signed char</code>. +</p> +<p>Note that this is equivalent to <samp>-fno-unsigned-char</samp>, which is +the negative form of <samp>-funsigned-char</samp>. Likewise, the option +<samp>-fno-signed-char</samp> is equivalent to <samp>-funsigned-char</samp>. +</p> +<a name="index-funsigned_002dchar"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-funsigned-char</code></dt> +<dd><p>Let the type <code>char</code> be unsigned, like <code>unsigned char</code>. +</p> +<p>Each kind of machine has a default for what <code>char</code> should +be. It is either like <code>unsigned char</code> by default or like +<code>signed char</code> by default. +</p> +<p>Ideally, a portable program should always use <code>signed char</code> or +<code>unsigned char</code> when it depends on the signedness of an object. +But many programs have been written to use plain <code>char</code> and +expect it to be signed, or expect it to be unsigned, depending on the +machines they were written for. This option, and its inverse, let you +make such a program work with the opposite default. +</p> +<p>The type <code>char</code> is always a distinct type from each of +<code>signed char</code> or <code>unsigned char</code>, even though its behavior +is always just like one of those two. +</p> +<a name="index-fstrict_002dflex_002darrays"></a> +<a name="index-fno_002dstrict_002dflex_002darrays"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fstrict-flex-arrays</code></dt> +<dd><p>Control when to treat the trailing array of a structure as a flexible array +member for the purpose of accessing the elements of such an array. +The positive form is equivalent to <samp>-fstrict-flex-arrays=3</samp>, which is the +strictest. A trailing array is treated as a flexible array member only when it +is declared as a flexible array member per C99 standard onwards. +The negative form is equivalent to <samp>-fstrict-flex-arrays=0</samp>, which is the +least strict. All trailing arrays of structures are treated as flexible array +members. +</p> +<a name="index-fstrict_002dflex_002darrays_003dlevel"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fstrict-flex-arrays=<var>level</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Control when to treat the trailing array of a structure as a flexible array +member for the purpose of accessing the elements of such an array. The value +of <var>level</var> controls the level of strictness. +</p> +<p>The possible values of <var>level</var> are the same as for the +<code>strict_flex_array</code> attribute (see <a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">Variable Attributes</a>). +</p> +<p>You can control this behavior for a specific trailing array field of a +structure by using the variable attribute <code>strict_flex_array</code> attribute +(see <a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">Variable Attributes</a>). +</p> +<a name="index-fsso_002dstruct"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fsso-struct=<var>endianness</var></code></dt> +<dd><p>Set the default scalar storage order of structures and unions to the +specified endianness. The accepted values are ‘<samp>big-endian</samp>’, +‘<samp>little-endian</samp>’ and ‘<samp>native</samp>’ for the native endianness of +the target (the default). This option is not supported for C++. +</p> +<p><strong>Warning:</strong> the <samp>-fsso-struct</samp> switch causes GCC to generate +code that is not binary compatible with code generated without it if the +specified endianness is not the native endianness of the target. +</p></dd> +</dl> + +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="C_002b_002b-Dialect-Options.html#C_002b_002b-Dialect-Options" accesskey="n" rel="next">C++ Dialect Options</a>, Previous: <a href="Invoking-G_002b_002b.html#Invoking-G_002b_002b" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Invoking G++</a>, Up: <a href="Invoking-GCC.html#Invoking-GCC" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking GCC</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Indices.html#Indices" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |