; Options for the C, ObjC, C++ and ObjC++ front ends.
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Language
C
Language
ObjC
Language
C++
Language
ObjC++
-all-warnings
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wall)
-ansi
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(ansi)
-assert
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(A) MissingArgError(assertion missing after %qs)
-assert=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(A) MissingArgError(assertion missing after %qs)
-comments
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(C)
-comments-in-macros
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(CC)
-define-macro
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(D) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
-define-macro=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(D) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
-dependencies
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(M)
-dump
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(d)
-dump=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(d)
-imacros
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(imacros) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-imacros=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(imacros) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-include
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(include) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-include=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(include) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-include-barrier
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(I, -)
-include-directory
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(I) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-include-directory=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(I) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-include-directory-after
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(idirafter) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-include-directory-after=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(idirafter) MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-include-prefix
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iprefix)
-include-prefix=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iprefix)
-include-with-prefix
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iwithprefix)
-include-with-prefix=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iwithprefix)
-include-with-prefix-after
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iwithprefix)
-include-with-prefix-after=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iwithprefix)
-include-with-prefix-before
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(iwithprefixbefore)
-include-with-prefix-before=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing Alias(iwithprefixbefore)
-no-integrated-cpp
Driver Alias(no-integrated-cpp)
-no-line-commands
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(P)
-no-standard-includes
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(nostdinc)
-no-warnings
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(w)
-output
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(o)
-output=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(o)
-output-pch=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
-pedantic
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(pedantic)
-preprocess
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Alias(E)
-print-missing-file-dependencies
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(MG)
-trace-includes
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(H)
-traditional
Driver Alias(traditional)
-traditional-cpp
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(traditional-cpp)
-trigraphs
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(trigraphs)
-undefine-macro
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Separate Alias(U) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
-undefine-macro=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Alias(U) MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
-user-dependencies
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(MM)
-verbose
Common C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(v)
-write-dependencies
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate Alias(MD) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-write-user-dependencies
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate Alias(MMD) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
A
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(assertion missing after %qs)
-A= Assert the to . Putting '-' before disables the to .
C
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Do not discard comments.
CC
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Do not discard comments in macro expansions.
D
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
-D[=] Define a with as its value. If just is given, is taken to be 1.
E
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Var(flag_preprocess_only)
F
Driver C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-F Add to the end of the main framework include path.
fgimple
C Var(flag_gimple) Init(0)
Enable parsing GIMPLE.
H
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Print the name of header files as they are used.
I
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-I Add to the end of the main include path.
M
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Generate make dependencies.
MD
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
Generate make dependencies and compile.
MF
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-MF Write dependency output to the given file.
MG
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Treat missing header files as generated files.
MM
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Like -M but ignore system header files.
MMD
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ NoDriverArg Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
Like -MD but ignore system header files.
MP
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Generate phony targets for all headers.
MQ
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing makefile target after %qs)
-MQ Add a MAKE-quoted target.
MT
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing makefile target after %qs)
-MT Add an unquoted target.
P
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Do not generate #line directives.
U
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(macro name missing after %qs)
-U Undefine .
Wabi
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(warn_abi) Warning
Warn about things that will change when compiling with an ABI-compliant compiler.
Wabi=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Joined RejectNegative UInteger Warning
Warn about things that change between the current -fabi-version and the specified version.
Wabi-tag
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_abi_tag) Warning
Warn if a subobject has an abi_tag attribute that the complete object type does not have.
Wpsabi
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(warn_psabi) Init(1) Warning Undocumented LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wabi)
Wabsolute-value
C ObjC Var(warn_absolute_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn on suspicious calls of standard functions computing absolute values.
Waddress
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_address) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about suspicious uses of memory addresses.
Enum
Name(warn_aligned_new_level) Type(int) UnknownError(argument %qs to %<-Waligned-new%> not recognized)
EnumValue
Enum(warn_aligned_new_level) String(none) Value(0)
EnumValue
Enum(warn_aligned_new_level) String(global) Value(1)
EnumValue
Enum(warn_aligned_new_level) String(all) Value(2)
Waligned-new
C++ ObjC++ Alias(Waligned-new=,global,none)
Warn about 'new' of type with extended alignment without -faligned-new.
Waligned-new=
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_aligned_new) Enum(warn_aligned_new_level) Joined RejectNegative Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall,1,0)
-Waligned-new=[none|global|all] Warn even if 'new' uses a class member allocation function.
Wall
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
Enable most warning messages.
Walloca
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_alloca) Warning
Warn on any use of alloca.
Walloc-size-larger-than=
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Var(warn_alloc_size_limit) Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
-Walloc-size-larger-than= Warn for calls to allocation functions that
attempt to allocate objects larger than the specified number of bytes.
Wno-alloc-size-larger-than
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Alias(Walloc-size-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
Disable Walloc-size-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to Walloc-size-larger-than= or larger.
Walloc-zero
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_alloc_zero) Warning
Warn for calls to allocation functions that specify zero bytes.
Walloca-larger-than=
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Var(warn_alloca_limit) Warning Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
-Walloca-larger-than= Warn on unbounded uses of
alloca, and on bounded uses of alloca whose bound can be larger than
bytes.
Wno-alloca-larger-than
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Alias(Walloca-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
Disable Walloca-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to Walloca-larger-than= or larger.
Warray-bounds
LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++)
; in common.opt
Warray-bounds=
LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++,Wall,1,0)
; in common.opt
Wzero-length-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_zero_length_bounds) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about accesses to interior zero-length array members.
Wassign-intercept
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_assign_intercept) Warning
Warn whenever an Objective-C assignment is being intercepted by the garbage collector.
Wbad-function-cast
C ObjC Var(warn_bad_function_cast) Warning
Warn about casting functions to incompatible types.
Wbool-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_bool_compare) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about boolean expression compared with an integer value different from true/false.
Wbool-operation
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_bool_op) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about certain operations on boolean expressions.
Wframe-address
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_frame_address) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn when __builtin_frame_address or __builtin_return_address is used unsafely.
Wbuiltin-declaration-mismatch
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_builtin_declaraion_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a built-in function is declared with the wrong signature.
Wbuiltin-macro-redefined
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_builtin_macro_redefined) CppReason(CPP_W_BUILTIN_MACRO_REDEFINED) Var(cpp_warn_builtin_macro_redefined) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a built-in preprocessor macro is undefined or redefined.
Wc11-c2x-compat
C ObjC CPP(cpp_warn_c11_c2x_compat) CppReason(CPP_W_C11_C2X_COMPAT) Var(warn_c11_c2x_compat) Init(-1) Warning
Warn about features not present in ISO C11, but present in ISO C2X.
Wc90-c99-compat
C ObjC CPP(cpp_warn_c90_c99_compat) CppReason(CPP_W_C90_C99_COMPAT) Var(warn_c90_c99_compat) Init(-1) Warning
Warn about features not present in ISO C90, but present in ISO C99.
Wc99-c11-compat
C ObjC Var(warn_c99_c11_compat) Init(-1) Warning
Warn about features not present in ISO C99, but present in ISO C11.
Wc++-compat
C ObjC Var(warn_cxx_compat) CPP(warn_cxx_operator_names) CppReason(CPP_W_CXX_OPERATOR_NAMES) Init(0) Warning
Warn about C constructs that are not in the common subset of C and C++.
Wc++0x-compat
C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wc++11-compat) Undocumented
Wc++11-compat
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cxx11_compat) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall) Init(0) CPP(cpp_warn_cxx11_compat) CppReason(CPP_W_CXX11_COMPAT)
Warn about C++ constructs whose meaning differs between ISO C++ 1998 and ISO C++ 2011.
Wc++14-compat
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cxx14_compat) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about C++ constructs whose meaning differs between ISO C++ 2011 and ISO C++ 2014.
Wc++1z-compat
C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wc++17-compat) Undocumented
Wc++17-compat
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cxx17_compat) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about C++ constructs whose meaning differs between ISO C++ 2014 and ISO C++ 2017.
Wc++2a-compat
C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wc++20-compat) Undocumented
Wc++20-compat
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cxx20_compat) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about C++ constructs whose meaning differs between ISO C++ 2017 and ISO C++ 2020.
Wcast-function-type
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cast_function_type) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about casts between incompatible function types.
Wcast-qual
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cast_qual) Warning
Warn about casts which discard qualifiers.
Wcatch-value
C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wcatch-value=, 1, 0)
Warn about catch handlers of non-reference type.
Wcatch-value=
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_catch_value) Warning Joined RejectNegative UInteger LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall, 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 3)
Warn about catch handlers of non-reference type.
Wchar-subscripts
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_char_subscripts) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about subscripts whose type is \"char\".
Wchkp
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
Wclobbered
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_clobbered) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about variables that might be changed by \"longjmp\" or \"vfork\".
Wcomma-subscript
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_comma_subscript) Warning
Warn about uses of a comma operator within a subscripting expression.
Wcomment
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_comments) CppReason(CPP_W_COMMENTS) Var(cpp_warn_comment) Init(0) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about possibly nested block comments, and C++ comments spanning more than one physical line.
Wcomments
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wcomment)
Synonym for -Wcomment.
Wconditionally-supported
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_conditionally_supported) Warning
Warn for conditionally-supported constructs.
Wconversion
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_conversion) Warning
Warn for implicit type conversions that may change a value.
Wconversion-null
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_conversion_null) Init(1) Warning
Warn for converting NULL from/to a non-pointer type.
Wcpp
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CppReason(CPP_W_WARNING_DIRECTIVE)
; Documented in common.opt
Wctor-dtor-privacy
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_ctor_dtor_privacy) Warning
Warn when all constructors and destructors are private.
Wdangling-else
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_dangling_else) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wparentheses)
Warn about dangling else.
Wdate-time
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_date_time) CppReason(CPP_W_DATE_TIME) Var(cpp_warn_date_time) Init(0) Warning
Warn about __TIME__, __DATE__ and __TIMESTAMP__ usage.
Wdeclaration-after-statement
C ObjC Var(warn_declaration_after_statement) Init(-1) Warning
Warn when a declaration is found after a statement.
Wdelete-incomplete
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_delete_incomplete) Init(1) Warning
Warn when deleting a pointer to incomplete type.
Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_delnonvdtor) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall || Weffc++)
Warn about deleting polymorphic objects with non-virtual destructors.
Wdeprecated
C C++ ObjC ObjC++ CPP(cpp_warn_deprecated) CppReason(CPP_W_DEPRECATED)
; Documented in common.opt
Wdeprecated-copy
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_deprecated_copy) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, Wextra)
Mark implicitly-declared copy operations as deprecated if the class has a
user-provided copy operation.
Wdeprecated-copy-dtor
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_deprecated_copy, 2) Warning
Mark implicitly-declared copy operations as deprecated if the class has a
user-provided copy operation or destructor.
Wdesignated-init
C ObjC Var(warn_designated_init) Init(1) Warning
Warn about positional initialization of structs requiring designated initializers.
Wdiscarded-array-qualifiers
C ObjC Var(warn_discarded_array_qualifiers) Init(1) Warning
Warn if qualifiers on arrays which are pointer targets are discarded.
Wdiscarded-qualifiers
C ObjC Var(warn_discarded_qualifiers) Init(1) Warning
Warn if type qualifiers on pointers are discarded.
Wdiv-by-zero
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_div_by_zero) Init(1) Warning
Warn about compile-time integer division by zero.
Wduplicated-branches
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_duplicated_branches) Init(0) Warning
Warn about duplicated branches in if-else statements.
Wduplicated-cond
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_duplicated_cond) Init(0) Warning
Warn about duplicated conditions in an if-else-if chain.
Weffc++
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_ecpp) Warning
Warn about violations of Effective C++ style rules.
Wempty-body
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_empty_body) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about an empty body in an if or else statement.
Wendif-labels
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_endif_labels) CppReason(CPP_W_ENDIF_LABELS) Var(cpp_warn_endif_labels) Init(1) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wpedantic)
Warn about stray tokens after #else and #endif.
Wenum-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_enum_compare) Init(-1) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall || Wc++-compat)
Warn about comparison of different enum types.
Wenum-conversion
C ObjC Var(warn_enum_conversion) Init(0) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wextra)
Warn about implicit conversion of enum types.
Werror
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
; Documented in common.opt
Werror-implicit-function-declaration
C ObjC RejectNegative Warning Alias(Werror=, implicit-function-declaration)
This switch is deprecated; use -Werror=implicit-function-declaration instead.
Wextra
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
; in common.opt
Wextra-semi
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_extra_semi) Warning
Warn about semicolon after in-class function definition.
Wfloat-conversion
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_float_conversion) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wconversion)
Warn for implicit type conversions that cause loss of floating point precision.
Wfloat-equal
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_float_equal) Warning
Warn if testing floating point numbers for equality.
Wformat
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wformat=, 1, 0)
Warn about printf/scanf/strftime/strfmon format string anomalies.
Wformat-contains-nul
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_contains_nul) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 1, 0)
Warn about format strings that contain NUL bytes.
Wformat-diag
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_diag) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 1, 0)
Warn about GCC format strings with strings unsuitable for diagnostics.
Wformat-extra-args
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_extra_args) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 1, 0)
Warn if passing too many arguments to a function for its format string.
Wformat-nonliteral
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_nonliteral) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 2, 0)
Warn about format strings that are not literals.
Wformat-overflow
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wformat-overflow=, 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn about function calls with format strings that write past the end
of the destination region. Same as -Wformat-overflow=1.
Wformat-security
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_security) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 2, 0)
Warn about possible security problems with format functions.
Wformat-signedness
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_signedness) Warning
Warn about sign differences with format functions.
Wformat-truncation
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wformat-truncation=, 1, 0)
Warn about calls to snprintf and similar functions that truncate output.
Same as -Wformat-truncation=1.
Wformat-y2k
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_y2k) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=,warn_format >= 2, 0)
Warn about strftime formats yielding 2-digit years.
Wformat-zero-length
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_format_zero_length) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wformat=,warn_format >= 1, 0)
Warn about zero-length formats.
Wformat=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_format) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall, 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn about printf/scanf/strftime/strfmon format string anomalies.
Wformat-overflow=
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_format_overflow) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn about function calls with format strings that write past the end
of the destination region.
Wformat-truncation=
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_format_trunc) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++,Wformat=, warn_format >= 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn about calls to snprintf and similar functions that truncate output.
Wif-not-aligned
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_if_not_aligned) Init(1) Warning
Warn when the field in a struct is not aligned.
Wignored-qualifiers
C C++ Var(warn_ignored_qualifiers) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn whenever type qualifiers are ignored.
Wignored-attributes
C C++ Var(warn_ignored_attributes) Init(1) Warning
Warn whenever attributes are ignored.
Winaccessible-base
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_inaccessible_base) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a base is inaccessible in derived due to ambiguity.
Wincompatible-pointer-types
C ObjC Var(warn_incompatible_pointer_types) Init(1) Warning
Warn when there is a conversion between pointers that have incompatible types.
Waddress-of-packed-member
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_address_of_packed_member) Init(1) Warning
Warn when the address of packed member of struct or union is taken.
Winit-self
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_init_self) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about variables which are initialized to themselves.
Winit-list-lifetime
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_init_list) Warning Init(1)
Warn about uses of std::initializer_list that can result in dangling pointers.
Wimplicit
C ObjC Var(warn_implicit) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall)
Warn about implicit declarations.
Wimplicit-fallthrough=
LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wextra,3,0)
; in common.opt
Wdouble-promotion
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_double_promotion) Warning
Warn about implicit conversions from \"float\" to \"double\".
Wexpansion-to-defined
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_expansion_to_defined) CppReason(CPP_W_EXPANSION_TO_DEFINED) Var(cpp_warn_expansion_to_defined) Init(0) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra || Wpedantic)
Warn if \"defined\" is used outside #if.
Wimplicit-function-declaration
C ObjC Var(warn_implicit_function_declaration) Init(-1) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wimplicit)
Warn about implicit function declarations.
Wimplicit-int
C ObjC Var(warn_implicit_int) Init(-1) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wimplicit)
Warn when a declaration does not specify a type.
Wimport
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Ignore
Winherited-variadic-ctor
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_inh_var_ctor) Init(1) Warning
Warn about C++11 inheriting constructors when the base has a variadic constructor.
Wint-conversion
C ObjC Var(warn_int_conversion) Init(1) Warning
Warn about incompatible integer to pointer and pointer to integer conversions.
Wint-in-bool-context
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_int_in_bool_context) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn for suspicious integer expressions in boolean context.
Wint-to-pointer-cast
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_int_to_pointer_cast) Init(1) Warning
Warn when there is a cast to a pointer from an integer of a different size.
Winvalid-offsetof
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_invalid_offsetof) Init(1) Warning
Warn about invalid uses of the \"offsetof\" macro.
Winvalid-pch
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_invalid_pch) CppReason(CPP_W_INVALID_PCH) Var(cpp_warn_invalid_pch) Init(0) Warning
Warn about PCH files that are found but not used.
Wjump-misses-init
C ObjC Var(warn_jump_misses_init) Warning LangEnabledby(C ObjC,Wc++-compat)
Warn when a jump misses a variable initialization.
Wliteral-suffix
C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_literal_suffix) CppReason(CPP_W_LITERAL_SUFFIX) Var(cpp_warn_literal_suffix) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a string or character literal is followed by a ud-suffix which does not begin with an underscore.
Wlogical-op
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_logical_op) Init(0) Warning
Warn when a logical operator is suspiciously always evaluating to true or false.
Wlogical-not-parentheses
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_logical_not_paren) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn when logical not is used on the left hand side operand of a comparison.
Wlong-long
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(cpp_warn_long_long) CppReason(CPP_W_LONG_LONG) Var(warn_long_long) Init(-1) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wc90-c99-compat)
Do not warn about using \"long long\" when -pedantic.
Wmain
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_main) Init(-1) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall, 2, 0)
Warn about suspicious declarations of \"main\".
Wmain
LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wpedantic, 2, 0)
;
Wmemset-transposed-args
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_memset_transposed_args) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about suspicious calls to memset where the third argument is constant literal zero and the second is not.
Wmemset-elt-size
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_memset_elt_size) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about suspicious calls to memset where the third argument contains the number of elements not multiplied by the element size.
Wmisleading-indentation
C C++ Common Var(warn_misleading_indentation) Warning LangEnabledBy(C C++,Wall)
Warn when the indentation of the code does not reflect the block structure.
Wmismatched-tags
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_mismatched_tags) Warning
Warn when a class is redeclared or referenced using a mismatched class-key.
Wmissing-braces
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_braces) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall)
Warn about possibly missing braces around initializers.
Wmissing-declarations
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_declarations) Warning
Warn about global functions without previous declarations.
Wmissing-field-initializers
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_field_initializers) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about missing fields in struct initializers.
Wmultistatement-macros
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_multistatement_macros) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about unsafe macros expanding to multiple statements used as a body of a clause such as if, else, while, switch, or for.
Wmultiple-inheritance
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_multiple_inheritance) Warning
Warn on direct multiple inheritance.
Wnamespaces
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_namespaces) Warning
Warn on namespace definition.
Wpacked-not-aligned
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_packed_not_aligned) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn when fields in a struct with the packed attribute are misaligned.
Wredundant-tags
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_redundant_tags) Warning
Warn when a class or enumerated type is referenced using a redundant class-key.
Wsized-deallocation
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sized_deallocation) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about missing sized deallocation functions.
Wsizeof-pointer-div
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sizeof_pointer_div) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about suspicious divisions of two sizeof expressions that don't work correctly with pointers.
Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sizeof_pointer_memaccess) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about suspicious length parameters to certain string functions if the argument uses sizeof.
Wsizeof-array-argument
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sizeof_array_argument) Warning Init(1)
Warn when sizeof is applied on a parameter declared as an array.
Wstring-compare
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_string_compare) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++, Wextra)
Warn about calls to strcmp and strncmp used in equality expressions that
are necessarily true or false due to the length of one and size of the other
argument.
Wstringop-overflow
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wstringop-overflow=, 2, 0)
Warn about buffer overflow in string manipulation functions like memcpy
and strcpy.
Wstringop-overflow=
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stringop_overflow) Init(2) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++, Wall, 2, 0) IntegerRange(0, 4)
Under the control of Object Size type, warn about buffer overflow in string
manipulation functions like memcpy and strcpy.
Wstringop-truncation
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Var(warn_stringop_truncation) Warning Init (1) LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++, Wall)
Warn about truncation in string manipulation functions like strncat and strncpy.
Wsuggest-attribute=format
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_suggest_attribute_format) Warning
Warn about functions which might be candidates for format attributes.
Wsuggest-override
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_override) Warning
Suggest that the override keyword be used when the declaration of a virtual
function overrides another.
Wswitch
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_switch) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about enumerated switches, with no default, missing a case.
Wswitch-default
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_switch_default) Warning
Warn about enumerated switches missing a \"default:\" statement.
Wswitch-enum
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_switch_enum) Warning
Warn about all enumerated switches missing a specific case.
Wswitch-bool
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_switch_bool) Warning Init(1)
Warn about switches with boolean controlling expression.
Wswitch-outside-range
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_switch_outside_range) Warning Init(1)
Warn about switch values that are outside of the switch's type range.
Wtemplates
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_templates) Warning
Warn on primary template declaration.
Wmissing-attributes
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_missing_attributes) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about declarations of entities that may be missing attributes
that related entities have been declared with.
Wmissing-format-attribute
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=format)
;
Wmissing-include-dirs
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_missing_include_dirs) CppReason(CPP_W_MISSING_INCLUDE_DIRS) Var(cpp_warn_missing_include_dirs) Init(0) Warning
Warn about user-specified include directories that do not exist.
Wmissing-parameter-type
C ObjC Var(warn_missing_parameter_type) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about function parameters declared without a type specifier in K&R-style functions.
Wmissing-prototypes
C ObjC Var(warn_missing_prototypes) Warning
Warn about global functions without prototypes.
Wmudflap
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
Wmultichar
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_multichar) CppReason(CPP_W_MULTICHAR) Var(cpp_warn_multichar) Init(0) Warning
Warn about use of multi-character character constants.
Wnarrowing
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_narrowing) Init(-1) LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall || Wc++11-compat)
Warn about narrowing conversions within { } that are ill-formed in C++11.
Wnested-externs
C ObjC Var(warn_nested_externs) Warning
Warn about \"extern\" declarations not at file scope.
Wnoexcept
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_noexcept) Warning
Warn when a noexcept expression evaluates to false even though the expression can't actually throw.
Wnoexcept-type
C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_noexcept_type) LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wabi || Wc++17-compat)
Warn if C++17 noexcept function type will change the mangled name of a symbol.
Wnon-template-friend
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_nontemplate_friend) Init(1) Warning
Warn when non-templatized friend functions are declared within a template.
Wclass-conversion
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_class_conversion) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a conversion function will never be called due to the type it converts to.
Wclass-memaccess
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_class_memaccess) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, Wall)
Warn for unsafe raw memory writes to objects of class types.
Wnon-virtual-dtor
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_nonvdtor) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Weffc++)
Warn about non-virtual destructors.
Wnonnull
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Var(warn_nonnull) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++,Wformat=,warn_format >= 1,0)
Warn about NULL being passed to argument slots marked as requiring non-NULL.
Wnonnull
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++,Wall)
;
Wnonnull-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
;
Wnormalized
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wnormalized=,nfc,none)
;
Wnormalized=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Joined Warning CPP(warn_normalize) CppReason(CPP_W_NORMALIZE) Init(normalized_C) Var(cpp_warn_normalize) Enum(cpp_normalize_level)
-Wnormalized=[none|id|nfc|nfkc] Warn about non-normalized Unicode strings.
; Required for these enum values.
SourceInclude
cpplib.h
Enum
Name(cpp_normalize_level) Type(int) UnknownError(argument %qs to %<-Wnormalized%> not recognized)
EnumValue
Enum(cpp_normalize_level) String(none) Value(normalized_none)
EnumValue
Enum(cpp_normalize_level) String(nfkc) Value(normalized_KC)
EnumValue
Enum(cpp_normalize_level) String(id) Value(normalized_identifier_C)
EnumValue
Enum(cpp_normalize_level) String(nfc) Value(normalized_C)
Wold-style-cast
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_old_style_cast) Warning
Warn if a C-style cast is used in a program.
Wold-style-declaration
C ObjC Var(warn_old_style_declaration) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn for obsolescent usage in a declaration.
Wold-style-definition
C ObjC Var(warn_old_style_definition) Init(-1) Warning
Warn if an old-style parameter definition is used.
Wopenmp-simd
C C++ Var(warn_openmp_simd) Warning LangEnabledBy(C C++,Wall)
Warn if a simd directive is overridden by the vectorizer cost model.
Woverlength-strings
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_overlength_strings) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wpedantic)
Warn if a string is longer than the maximum portable length specified by the standard.
Woverloaded-virtual
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_overloaded_virtual) Warning
Warn about overloaded virtual function names.
Woverride-init
C ObjC Var(warn_override_init) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
Warn about overriding initializers without side effects.
Woverride-init-side-effects
C ObjC Var(warn_override_init_side_effects) Init(1) Warning
Warn about overriding initializers with side effects.
Wpacked-bitfield-compat
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_packed_bitfield_compat) Init(-1) Warning
Warn about packed bit-fields whose offset changed in GCC 4.4.
Wparentheses
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_parentheses) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about possibly missing parentheses.
Wpedantic
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(cpp_pedantic) CppReason(CPP_W_PEDANTIC) Warning
; Documented in common.opt
Wpessimizing-move
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pessimizing_move) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, Wall)
Warn about calling std::move on a local object in a return statement preventing copy elision.
Wpmf-conversions
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pmf2ptr) Init(1) Warning
Warn when converting the type of pointers to member functions.
Wpointer-arith
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pointer_arith) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wpedantic)
Warn about function pointer arithmetic.
Wpointer-sign
C ObjC Var(warn_pointer_sign) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall || Wpedantic)
Warn when a pointer differs in signedness in an assignment.
Wpointer-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pointer_compare) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a pointer is compared with a zero character constant.
Wpointer-to-int-cast
C ObjC Var(warn_pointer_to_int_cast) Init(1) Warning
Warn when a pointer is cast to an integer of a different size.
Wpragmas
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_pragmas) Init(1) Warning
Warn about misuses of pragmas.
Wprio-ctor-dtor
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_prio_ctor_dtor) Init(1) Warning
Warn if constructor or destructors with priorities from 0 to 100 are used.
Wproperty-assign-default
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_property_assign_default) Init(1) Warning
Warn if a property for an Objective-C object has no assign semantics specified.
Wprotocol
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_protocol) Init(1) Warning
Warn if inherited methods are unimplemented.
Wplacement-new
C++ Warning Alias(Wplacement-new=, 1, 0)
Warn for placement new expressions with undefined behavior.
Wplacement-new=
C++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_placement_new) Init(-1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn for placement new expressions with undefined behavior.
Wredundant-decls
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_redundant_decls) Warning
Warn about multiple declarations of the same object.
Wredundant-move
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_redundant_move) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wextra)
Warn about redundant calls to std::move.
Wregister
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_register) Warning
Warn about uses of register storage specifier.
Wreorder
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_reorder) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn when the compiler reorders code.
Wreturn-type
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_return_type) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall) Init(-1)
Warn whenever a function's return type defaults to \"int\" (C), or about inconsistent return types (C++).
Wscalar-storage-order
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Init(1) Warning
Warn on suspicious constructs involving reverse scalar storage order.
Wselector
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_selector) Warning
Warn if a selector has multiple methods.
Wsequence-point
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sequence_point) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about possible violations of sequence point rules.
Wshadow-ivar
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_shadow_ivar) EnabledBy(Wshadow) Init(1) Warning
Warn if a local declaration hides an instance variable.
Wshift-overflow
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wshift-overflow=, 1, 0)
Warn if left shift of a signed value overflows.
Wshift-overflow=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_shift_overflow) Init(-1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn if left shift of a signed value overflows.
Wshift-count-negative
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_shift_count_negative) Init(1) Warning
Warn if shift count is negative.
Wshift-count-overflow
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_shift_count_overflow) Init(1) Warning
Warn if shift count >= width of type.
Wshift-negative-value
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_shift_negative_value) Init(-1) Warning
Warn if left shifting a negative value.
Warith-conversion
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_arith_conv) Warning
Warn if conversion of the result of arithmetic might change the value even though converting the operands cannot.
Wsign-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sign_compare) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn about signed-unsigned comparisons.
Wsign-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ EnabledBy(Wextra)
;
Wsign-conversion
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sign_conversion) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wconversion)
Warn for implicit type conversions between signed and unsigned integers.
Wsign-promo
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_sign_promo) Warning
Warn when overload promotes from unsigned to signed.
Wstrict-null-sentinel
C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_strict_null_sentinel)
Warn about uncasted NULL used as sentinel.
Wstrict-prototypes
C ObjC Var(warn_strict_prototypes) Warning
Warn about unprototyped function declarations.
Wstrict-aliasing=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall, 3, 0) IntegerRange(0, 3)
;
Wstrict-overflow=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall, 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 5)
;
Wstrict-selector-match
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_strict_selector_match) Warning
Warn if type signatures of candidate methods do not match exactly.
Wsync-nand
C C++ Var(warn_sync_nand) Init(1) Warning
Warn when __sync_fetch_and_nand and __sync_nand_and_fetch built-in functions are used.
Wsynth
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_synth) Warning
Deprecated. This switch has no effect.
Wsystem-headers
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning
; Documented in common.opt
Wtautological-compare
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_tautological_compare) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn if a comparison always evaluates to true or false.
Wterminate
C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_terminate) Init(1)
Warn if a throw expression will always result in a call to terminate().
Wtraditional
C ObjC CPP(cpp_warn_traditional) CppReason(CPP_W_TRADITIONAL) Var(warn_traditional) Init(0) Warning
Warn about features not present in traditional C.
Wtraditional-conversion
C ObjC Var(warn_traditional_conversion) Warning
Warn of prototypes causing type conversions different from what would happen in the absence of prototype.
Wtrigraphs
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_trigraphs) CppReason(CPP_W_TRIGRAPHS) Var(cpp_warn_trigraphs) Init(2) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn if trigraphs are encountered that might affect the meaning of the program.
Wundeclared-selector
ObjC ObjC++ Var(warn_undeclared_selector) Warning
Warn about @selector()s without previously declared methods.
Wundef
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_undef) CppReason(CPP_W_UNDEF) Var(cpp_warn_undef) Init(0) Warning
Warn if an undefined macro is used in an #if directive.
Wuninitialized
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO,Wall)
;
Wmaybe-uninitialized
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO,Wall)
;
Wunknown-pragmas
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_unknown_pragmas) LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall, 1, 0)
Warn about unrecognized pragmas.
Wunsuffixed-float-constants
C ObjC Var(warn_unsuffixed_float_constants) Warning
Warn about unsuffixed float constants.
Wunused
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
; documented in common.opt
Wunused-local-typedefs
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_unused_local_typedefs) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
Warn when typedefs locally defined in a function are not used.
Wunused-macros
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CppReason(CPP_W_UNUSED_MACROS) Var(cpp_warn_unused_macros) Warning
Warn about macros defined in the main file that are not used.
Wunused-result
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_unused_result) Init(1) Warning
Warn if a caller of a function, marked with attribute warn_unused_result, does not use its return value.
Wunused-variable
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wunused)
; documented in common.opt
Wunused-const-variable
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wunused-const-variable=, 2, 0)
Warn when a const variable is unused.
Wunused-const-variable=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_unused_const_variable) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wunused-variable, 1, 0) IntegerRange(0, 2)
Warn when a const variable is unused.
Wvariadic-macros
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ CPP(warn_variadic_macros) CppReason(CPP_W_VARIADIC_MACROS) Var(cpp_warn_variadic_macros) Init(0) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wpedantic || Wtraditional)
Warn about using variadic macros.
Wvarargs
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Warning Var(warn_varargs) Init(1)
Warn about questionable usage of the macros used to retrieve variable arguments.
Wvla
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_vla) Init(-1) Warning
Warn if a variable length array is used.
Wvla-larger-than=
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Var(warn_vla_limit) Warning Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
-Wvla-larger-than= Warn on unbounded uses of variable-length
arrays, and on bounded uses of variable-length arrays whose bound can be
larger than bytes.
bytes.
Wno-vla-larger-than
C ObjC C++ LTO ObjC++ Alias(Wvla-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
Disable Wvla-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to Wvla-larger-than= or larger.
Wvolatile
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_volatile) Warning
Warn about deprecated uses of volatile qualifier.
Wvolatile-register-var
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_volatile_register_var) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
Warn when a register variable is declared volatile.
Wvirtual-inheritance
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_virtual_inheritance) Warning
Warn on direct virtual inheritance.
Wvirtual-move-assign
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_virtual_move_assign) Warning Init(1)
Warn if a virtual base has a non-trivial move assignment operator.
Wwrite-strings
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_write_strings) Warning
In 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.
Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_zero_as_null_pointer_constant) Warning
Warn when a literal '0' is used as null pointer.
Wuseless-cast
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_useless_cast) Warning
Warn about useless casts.
Wsubobject-linkage
C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_subobject_linkage) Warning Init(1)
Warn if a class type has a base or a field whose type uses the anonymous namespace or depends on a type with no linkage.
Wduplicate-decl-specifier
C ObjC Var(warn_duplicate_decl_specifier) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wall)
Warn when a declaration has duplicate const, volatile, restrict or _Atomic specifier.
Wrestrict
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_restrict) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++, Wall)
Warn when an argument passed to a restrict-qualified parameter aliases with
another argument.
ansi
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
A synonym for -std=c89 (for C) or -std=c++98 (for C++).
; This should really just be C++/ObjC++ but we (NetBSD) use it when
; calling C and ObjC compilers as well.
cxx-isystem
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-cxx-isystem Add to the start of the C++ system include path
d
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined
; Documented in common.opt. FIXME - what about -dI, -dD, -dN and -dD?
fabi-compat-version=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_compat_version) Init(-1)
The version of the C++ ABI used for -Wabi warnings and link compatibility aliases.
faccess-control
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_access_control) Init(1)
Enforce class member access control semantics.
fada-spec-parent=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Joined Var(ada_specs_parent)
-fada-spec-parent=unit Dump Ada specs as child units of given parent.
faligned-new
C++ ObjC++ Alias(faligned-new=,1,0)
Support C++17 allocation of over-aligned types.
faligned-new=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative Var(aligned_new_threshold) UInteger Init(-1)
-faligned-new= Use C++17 over-aligned type allocation for alignments greater than N.
fall-virtual
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fallow-parameterless-variadic-functions
C ObjC Var(flag_allow_parameterless_variadic_functions)
Allow variadic functions without named parameter.
falt-external-templates
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
No longer supported.
fasm
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_asm, 0)
Recognize the \"asm\" keyword.
; Define extra predefined macros for use in libgcc.
fbuilding-libgcc
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Undocumented Var(flag_building_libgcc)
fbuiltin
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_builtin, 0)
Recognize built-in functions.
fbuiltin-
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined
fcanonical-system-headers
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Where shorter, use canonicalized paths to systems headers.
fchar8_t
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_char8_t) Init(-1)
Enable the char8_t fundamental type and use it as the type for UTF-8 string
and character literals.
fcheck-pointer-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-check-incomplete-type
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-zero-input-bounds-for-main
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-first-field-has-own-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved RejectNegative
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-narrow-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-narrow-to-innermost-array
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved RejectNegative
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-flexible-struct-trailing-arrays
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-optimize
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
fchkp-use-fast-string-functions
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-use-nochk-string-functions
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-use-static-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-use-static-const-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-treat-zero-dynamic-size-as-infinite
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-check-read
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-check-write
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-store-bounds
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-instrument-calls
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-instrument-marked-only
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fchkp-use-wrappers
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
static-libmpx
Driver WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
static-libmpxwrappers
Driver WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
fcilkplus
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Undocumented Ignore
Removed in GCC 8. This switch has no effect.
fconcepts
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_concepts)
Enable support for C++ concepts.
fconcepts-ts
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_concepts_ts) Init(0)
Enable certain features present in the Concepts TS.
fconcepts-diagnostics-depth=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(concepts_diagnostics_max_depth) Init(1)
Specify maximum error replay depth during recursive diagnosis of a constraint satisfaction failure.
fcond-mismatch
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Allow the arguments of the '?' operator to have different types.
fconserve-space
C++ ObjC++ Ignore
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
fconstant-string-class=
ObjC ObjC++ Joined MissingArgError(no class name specified with %qs)
-fconst-string-class= Use class for constant strings.
fconstexpr-depth=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(max_constexpr_depth) Init(512)
-fconstexpr-depth= Specify maximum constexpr recursion depth.
fconstexpr-cache-depth=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(constexpr_cache_depth) Init(8)
-fconstexpr-cache-depth= Specify maximum constexpr recursion cache depth.
fconstexpr-loop-limit=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(constexpr_loop_limit) Init(262144)
-fconstexpr-loop-limit= Specify maximum constexpr loop iteration count.
fconstexpr-ops-limit=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int Var(constexpr_ops_limit) Init(33554432)
-fconstexpr-ops-limit= Specify maximum number of constexpr operations during a single constexpr evaluation.
fcoroutines
C++ LTO Var(flag_coroutines)
Enable C++ coroutines (experimental).
fdebug-cpp
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Emit debug annotations during preprocessing.
fdeduce-init-list
C++ ObjC++ Ignore
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
fdeclone-ctor-dtor
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_declone_ctor_dtor) Init(-1)
Factor complex constructors and destructors to favor space over speed.
fdefault-inline
C++ ObjC++ Ignore
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
fdiagnostics-show-template-tree
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_diagnostics_show_template_tree) Init(0)
Print hierarchical comparisons when template types are mismatched.
fdirectives-only
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Preprocess directives only.
fdollars-in-identifiers
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Permit '$' as an identifier character.
fmacro-prefix-map=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
-fmacro-prefix-map== Map one directory name to another in __FILE__, __BASE_FILE__, and __builtin_FILE().
fdump-ada-spec
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Var(flag_dump_ada_spec)
Write all declarations as Ada code transitively.
fdump-ada-spec-slim
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ RejectNegative Var(flag_dump_ada_spec_slim)
Write all declarations as Ada code for the given file only.
felide-constructors
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_elide_constructors) Init(1)
felide-type
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_elide_type) Init(1)
Do not elide common elements in template comparisons.
fenforce-eh-specs
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_enforce_eh_specs) Init(1)
Generate code to check exception specifications.
fenum-int-equiv
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fexec-charset=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
-fexec-charset= Convert all strings and character constants to character set .
fextended-identifiers
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Permit universal character names (\\u and \\U) in identifiers.
finput-charset=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
-finput-charset= Specify the default character set for source files.
fextern-tls-init
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_extern_tls_init) Init(-1)
Support dynamic initialization of thread-local variables in a different translation unit.
fexternal-templates
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
ffor-scope
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
ffreestanding
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Do not assume that standard C libraries and \"main\" exist.
fgnu-keywords
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_gnu_keywords, 0)
Recognize GNU-defined keywords.
fgnu-runtime
ObjC ObjC++ LTO Report RejectNegative Var(flag_next_runtime,0) Init(NEXT_OBJC_RUNTIME)
Generate code for GNU runtime environment.
fgnu89-inline
C ObjC Var(flag_gnu89_inline) Init(-1)
Use traditional GNU semantics for inline functions.
fguiding-decls
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fhandle-exceptions
C++ ObjC++ Optimization Alias(fexceptions) Warn({%<-fhandle-exceptions%> has been renamed %<-fexceptions%> (and is now on by default)})
fhonor-std
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fhosted
C ObjC
Assume normal C execution environment.
fhuge-objects
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
No longer supported.
fimplement-inlines
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_implement_inlines) Init(1)
Export functions even if they can be inlined.
fimplicit-inline-templates
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_implicit_inline_templates) Init(1)
Emit implicit instantiations of inline templates.
fimplicit-templates
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_implicit_templates) Init(1)
Emit implicit instantiations of templates.
fnew-inheriting-ctors
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_new_inheriting_ctors) Init(1)
Implement C++17 inheriting constructor semantics.
ffriend-injection
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fkeep-inline-dllexport
C C++ ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_keep_inline_dllexport) Init(1) Report Condition(TARGET_DLLIMPORT_DECL_ATTRIBUTES)
Don't emit dllexported inline functions unless needed.
flabels-ok
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
flax-vector-conversions
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_lax_vector_conversions)
Allow implicit conversions between vectors with differing numbers of subparts and/or differing element types.
fmax-include-depth=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger
fmax-include-depth= Set the maximum depth of the nested #include.
fms-extensions
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_ms_extensions)
Don't warn about uses of Microsoft extensions.
fmudflap
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fmudflapth
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fmudflapir
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fname-mangling-version-
C++ ObjC++ Joined WarnRemoved
fnew-abi
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fnew-ttp-matching
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_new_ttp)
Implement resolution of DR 150 for matching of template template arguments.
fnext-runtime
ObjC ObjC++ LTO Report RejectNegative Var(flag_next_runtime)
Generate code for NeXT (Apple Mac OS X) runtime environment.
fnil-receivers
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_nil_receivers) Init(1)
Assume that receivers of Objective-C messages may be nil.
flocal-ivars
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_local_ivars) Init(1)
Allow access to instance variables as if they were local declarations within instance method implementations.
fivar-visibility=
ObjC ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative Enum(ivar_visibility) Var(default_ivar_visibility) Init(IVAR_VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
-fvisibility=[private|protected|public|package] Set the default symbol visibility.
Enum
Name(ivar_visibility) Type(enum ivar_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized ivar visibility value %qs)
EnumValue
Enum(ivar_visibility) String(private) Value(IVAR_VISIBILITY_PRIVATE)
EnumValue
Enum(ivar_visibility) String(protected) Value(IVAR_VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
EnumValue
Enum(ivar_visibility) String(public) Value(IVAR_VISIBILITY_PUBLIC)
EnumValue
Enum(ivar_visibility) String(package) Value(IVAR_VISIBILITY_PACKAGE)
fnonansi-builtins
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_no_nonansi_builtin, 0)
fnonnull-objects
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fnothrow-opt
C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_nothrow_opt)
Treat a throw() exception specification as noexcept to improve code size.
fobjc-abi-version=
ObjC ObjC++ LTO Joined Report RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_objc_abi)
Specify which ABI to use for Objective-C family code and meta-data generation.
; Generate special '- .cxx_construct' and '- .cxx_destruct' methods
; to initialize any non-POD ivars in Objective-C++ classes.
fobjc-call-cxx-cdtors
ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_call_cxx_cdtors)
Generate special Objective-C methods to initialize/destroy non-POD C++ ivars, if needed.
fobjc-direct-dispatch
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_direct_dispatch)
Allow fast jumps to the message dispatcher.
; Nonzero means that we will allow new ObjC exception syntax (@throw,
; @try, etc.) in source code.
fobjc-exceptions
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_exceptions)
Enable Objective-C exception and synchronization syntax.
fobjc-gc
ObjC ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_objc_gc)
Enable garbage collection (GC) in Objective-C/Objective-C++ programs.
fobjc-nilcheck
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_nilcheck,1)
Enable inline checks for nil receivers with the NeXT runtime and ABI version 2.
; Nonzero means that we generate NeXT setjmp based exceptions.
fobjc-sjlj-exceptions
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc_sjlj_exceptions) Init(-1)
Enable Objective-C setjmp exception handling runtime.
fobjc-std=objc1
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_objc1_only)
Conform to the Objective-C 1.0 language as implemented in GCC 4.0.
fopenacc
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_openacc)
Enable OpenACC.
fopenacc-dim=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Joined Var(flag_openacc_dims)
Specify default OpenACC compute dimensions.
fopenmp
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_openmp)
Enable OpenMP (implies -frecursive in Fortran).
fopenmp-simd
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_openmp_simd)
Enable OpenMP's SIMD directives.
foperator-names
C++ ObjC++
Recognize C++ keywords like \"compl\" and \"xor\".
foptional-diags
C++ ObjC++ Ignore
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
fpch-deps
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
fpch-preprocess
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Look for and use PCH files even when preprocessing.
fpermissive
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_permissive)
Downgrade conformance errors to warnings.
fplan9-extensions
C ObjC Var(flag_plan9_extensions)
Enable Plan 9 language extensions.
fpreprocessed
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Treat the input file as already preprocessed.
ftrack-macro-expansion
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative UInteger
; converted into ftrack-macro-expansion=
ftrack-macro-expansion=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative UInteger
-ftrack-macro-expansion=<0|1|2> Track locations of tokens coming from macro expansion and display them in error messages.
fpretty-templates
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_pretty_templates) Init(1)
Do not pretty-print template specializations as the template signature followed by the arguments.
fprintf-return-value
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Optimization Var(flag_printf_return_value) Init(1)
Treat known sprintf return values as constants.
freplace-objc-classes
ObjC ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_replace_objc_classes)
Used in Fix-and-Continue mode to indicate that object files may be swapped in at runtime.
frepo
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 10. This switch has no effect.
frtti
C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_rtti) Init(1)
Generate run time type descriptor information.
fshort-enums
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Optimization Var(flag_short_enums)
Use the narrowest integer type possible for enumeration types.
fshort-wchar
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Optimization Var(flag_short_wchar)
Force the underlying type for \"wchar_t\" to be \"unsigned short\".
fsigned-bitfields
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_signed_bitfields) Init(1)
When \"signed\" or \"unsigned\" is not given make the bitfield signed.
fsigned-char
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_signed_char)
Make \"char\" signed by default.
fsized-deallocation
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_sized_deallocation) Init(-1)
Enable C++14 sized deallocation support.
fsquangle
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fsso-struct=
C ObjC Joined RejectNegative Enum(sso_struct) Var(default_sso) Init(SSO_NATIVE)
-fsso-struct=[big-endian|little-endian|native] Set the default scalar storage order.
Enum
Name(sso_struct) Type(enum scalar_storage_order_kind) UnknownError(unrecognized scalar storage order value %qs)
EnumValue
Enum(sso_struct) String(big-endian) Value(SSO_BIG_ENDIAN)
EnumValue
Enum(sso_struct) String(little-endian) Value(SSO_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
EnumValue
Enum(sso_struct) String(native) Value(SSO_NATIVE)
fstats
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_detailed_statistics)
Display statistics accumulated during compilation.
fstrict-enums
C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_strict_enums)
Assume that values of enumeration type are always within the minimum range of that type.
fstrict-prototype
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fstrong-eval-order
C++ ObjC++ Common Alias(fstrong-eval-order=, all, none)
Follow the C++17 evaluation order requirements for assignment expressions,
shift, member function calls, etc.
fstrong-eval-order=
C++ ObjC++ Common Var(flag_strong_eval_order) Joined Enum(strong_eval_order) RejectNegative Init(-1)
Follow the C++17 evaluation order requirements for assignment expressions,
shift, member function calls, etc.
Enum
Name(strong_eval_order) Type(int)
EnumValue
Enum(strong_eval_order) String(none) Value(0)
EnumValue
Enum(strong_eval_order) String(some) Value(1)
EnumValue
Enum(strong_eval_order) String(all) Value(2)
ftabstop=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger
-ftabstop= Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
ftemplate-backtrace-limit=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(template_backtrace_limit) Init(10)
Set the maximum number of template instantiation notes for a single warning or error.
ftemplate-depth-
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Alias(ftemplate-depth=)
ftemplate-depth=
C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger
-ftemplate-depth= Specify maximum template instantiation depth.
fthis-is-variable
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
fthreadsafe-statics
C++ ObjC++ Optimization Var(flag_threadsafe_statics) Init(1)
-fno-threadsafe-statics Do not generate thread-safe code for initializing local statics.
funsigned-bitfields
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_signed_bitfields, 0)
When \"signed\" or \"unsigned\" is not given make the bitfield unsigned.
funsigned-char
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LTO Var(flag_signed_char, 0)
Make \"char\" unsigned by default.
fuse-cxa-atexit
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_use_cxa_atexit) Init(DEFAULT_USE_CXA_ATEXIT)
Use __cxa_atexit to register destructors.
fuse-cxa-get-exception-ptr
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_use_cxa_get_exception_ptr) Init(2)
Use __cxa_get_exception_ptr in exception handling.
fvisibility-inlines-hidden
C++ ObjC++
Marks all inlined functions and methods as having hidden visibility.
fvisibility-ms-compat
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_visibility_ms_compat)
Changes visibility to match Microsoft Visual Studio by default.
fvtable-gc
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
No longer supported.
fvtable-thunks
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
No longer supported.
fweak
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_weak) Init(1)
Emit common-like symbols as weak symbols.
fwide-exec-charset=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative
-fwide-exec-charset= Convert all wide strings and character constants to character set .
fworking-directory
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_working_directory) Init(-1)
Generate a #line directive pointing at the current working directory.
fxref
C++ ObjC++ WarnRemoved
No longer supported.
fzero-link
ObjC ObjC++ Var(flag_zero_link)
Generate lazy class lookup (via objc_getClass()) for use in Zero-Link mode.
gen-decls
ObjC ObjC++ Driver Var(flag_gen_declaration) RejectNegative
Dump declarations to a .decl file.
femit-struct-debug-baseonly
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
-femit-struct-debug-baseonly Aggressive reduced debug info for structs.
femit-struct-debug-reduced
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
-femit-struct-debug-reduced Conservative reduced debug info for structs.
femit-struct-debug-detailed=
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined
-femit-struct-debug-detailed= Detailed reduced debug info for structs.
fext-numeric-literals
C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_ext_numeric_literals) Init(1)
Interpret imaginary, fixed-point, or other gnu number suffix as the corresponding
number literal rather than a user-defined number literal.
idirafter
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-idirafter Add to the end of the system include path.
imacros
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-imacros Accept definition of macros in .
imultilib
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
-imultilib Set to be the multilib include subdirectory.
include
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
-include Include the contents of before other files.
iprefix
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
-iprefix Specify as a prefix for next two options.
isysroot
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-isysroot Set to be the system root directory.
isystem
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-isystem Add to the start of the system include path.
iquote
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-iquote Add to the end of the quote include path.
iremap
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate MissingArgError(missing path after %qs)
-iremap Convert to if it occurs as prefix in __FILE__.
iwithprefix
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
-iwithprefix Add to the end of the system include path.
iwithprefixbefore
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
-iwithprefixbefore Add to the end of the main include path.
lang-asm
C Undocumented RejectDriver
no-integrated-cpp
Driver
nostdinc
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Do not search standard system include directories (those specified with -isystem will still be used).
nostdinc++
C++ ObjC++
Do not search standard system include directories for C++.
o
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined Separate
; Documented in common.opt
pedantic
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Alias(Wpedantic)
; Documented in common.opt
print-objc-runtime-info
ObjC ObjC++
Generate C header of platform-specific features.
remap
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Remap file names when including files.
std=c++98
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical corrigendum.
std=c++03
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++98)
Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical corrigendum.
std=c++11
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2011 C++ standard.
std=c++0x
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++11) Undocumented
Deprecated in favor of -std=c++11.
std=c++1y
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++14) Undocumented
Deprecated in favor of -std=c++14.
std=c++14
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2014 C++ standard.
std=c++1z
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++17) Undocumented
Deprecated in favor of -std=c++17.
std=c++17
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2017 C++ standard.
std=c++2a
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2020 C++ draft standard (experimental and incomplete support).
std=c++20
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=c++2a)
Conform to the ISO 2020 C++ draft standard (experimental and incomplete support).
std=c11
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 2011 C standard.
std=c1x
C ObjC Alias(std=c11)
Deprecated in favor of -std=c11.
std=c17
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 2017 C standard (published in 2018).
std=c18
C ObjC Alias(std=c17)
Conform to the ISO 2017 C standard (published in 2018).
std=c2x
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 202X C standard draft (experimental and incomplete support).
std=c89
C ObjC Alias(std=c90)
Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard.
std=c90
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard.
std=c99
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 1999 C standard.
std=c9x
C ObjC Alias(std=c99)
Deprecated in favor of -std=c99.
std=gnu++98
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical
corrigendum with GNU extensions.
std=gnu++03
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++98)
Conform to the ISO 1998 C++ standard revised by the 2003 technical
corrigendum with GNU extensions.
std=gnu++11
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2011 C++ standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu++0x
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++11) Undocumented
Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu++11.
std=gnu++1y
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++14) Undocumented
Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu++14.
std=gnu++14
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2014 C++ standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu++1z
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++17) Undocumented
Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu++17.
std=gnu++17
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2017 C++ standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu++2a
C++ ObjC++
Conform to the ISO 2020 C++ draft standard with GNU extensions (experimental and incomplete support).
std=gnu++20
C++ ObjC++ Alias(std=gnu++2a)
Conform to the ISO 2020 C++ draft standard with GNU extensions (experimental and incomplete support).
std=gnu11
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 2011 C standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu1x
C ObjC Alias(std=gnu11)
Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu11.
std=gnu17
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 2017 C standard (published in 2018) with GNU extensions.
std=gnu18
C ObjC Alias(std=gnu17)
Conform to the ISO 2017 C standard (published in 2018) with GNU extensions.
std=gnu2x
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 202X C standard draft with GNU extensions (experimental and incomplete support).
std=gnu89
C ObjC Alias(std=gnu90)
Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu90
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu99
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 1999 C standard with GNU extensions.
std=gnu9x
C ObjC Alias(std=gnu99)
Deprecated in favor of -std=gnu99.
std=iso9899:1990
C ObjC Alias(std=c90)
Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard.
std=iso9899:199409
C ObjC
Conform to the ISO 1990 C standard as amended in 1994.
std=iso9899:1999
C ObjC Alias(std=c99)
Conform to the ISO 1999 C standard.
std=iso9899:199x
C ObjC Alias(std=c99)
Deprecated in favor of -std=iso9899:1999.
std=iso9899:2011
C ObjC Alias(std=c11)
Conform to the ISO 2011 C standard.
std=iso9899:2017
C ObjC Alias(std=c17)
Conform to the ISO 2017 C standard (published in 2018).
std=iso9899:2018
C ObjC Alias(std=c17)
Conform to the ISO 2017 C standard (published in 2018).
traditional
Driver
traditional-cpp
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
Enable traditional preprocessing.
trigraphs
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
-trigraphs Support ISO C trigraphs.
undef
C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(flag_undef)
Do not predefine system-specific and GCC-specific macros.
v
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
; Documented in common.opt
w
C ObjC C++ ObjC++
; Documented in common.opt
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