Properties for Supported Options

The options listed in the following tables are supported under the corresponding Option Category.

Compiler Options

Option
Category
Use Option
Name
General Show startup banner -V
Include debug information -g
Optimization level -O0
(default for Debug Config.)
-O1
-O2
(default for Release Config.)
-O3
Warning level -w0
-w1 (default)
-w2
Optimization Provide frame pointers -fp
Ensable prefetch insertion -prefetch
Enable interprocedural optimization for single file compilation -ip
Disable intrinsic inline expansion -nolib_inline
Inline function expansion -Ob0
-Ob1
-Ob2
Optimize for Intel® processor -tpp5
-tpp6
-tpp7 (default)
Parallelization -parallel
Precompiled
Headers
Automatic Processing for Precompiled Headers -pch

-pch_dir

Preprocessor gcc compatibility options -cxxlib-icc
-cxxlib-gcc
-fabi-version
-gcc-version
Additional include directories -I
Ignore standard include path -X
Preprocessor definitions -D
Do not predefine _GNUC_, _GNUC_MINOR_, _GNUC_PATCHLEVEL_ macros -no-gcc
Undefine preprocessor definitions -U
Undefine all preprocessor definitions -A-
Language Enable use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations -ansi_alias
Disable C99 support -c99-
Recognize the restrict keyword -restrict
Process OpenMP* directives -openmp
-openmp_stubs
Compilation
Diagnostics
Treat warnings as errors -Werror
Allow usage messages -Wcheck
Enable equivalent of GNU* ANSI -ansi
Strict ANSI conformance dialect -strict_ansi
OpenMP report -openmp_report0
-openmp_report1
-openmp_report2
Auto-parallelizer report -par_report0
-par_report1
-par_report2
-par_report3
Vectorizer report -vec_report0
-vec_report1
-vec_report2
-vec_report3
-vec_report4
-vec_report5
Data Enable argument aliasing -alias_args
Assume no aliasing in program -fno-alias
Allow gprel addressing of common data variables -fno-common
Allocate as many bytes as needed for enumerated types -fshort-enums
Change default bitfield type to unsigned -funsigned-bitfields
Change default char type to unsigned -funsigned-char
Store string literals in a writable section -fwritable-strings
Disable placement of zero-initialized variables in .bss - use .data -nobss_init
Default symbol visibility -fvisibility=extern
-fvisibility=default
-fvisibility=protected
-fvisibility=hidden
-fvisibility=internal
Structure member alignment -Zp1
-Zp2
-Zp4
-Zp8
-Zp16 (default)
Floating Point Improve floating-point consistency -mp
Round floating-point results -fp_port
Limit Complex range -complex_limited_range
Check floating-point stack -fpstkchk
Output Files Generate assembler source file -S
Code
Generation
Generate position-independent code -fpic

Use Intel® processor extensions

-axK

-axN
-axB
-axP
Require Intel® processor extensions -xK
-xN
-xB
-xP

Runtime

Generate traceback information -traceback

Library Options

Libraries Enable interprocedural optimization for single file compilation -ip
Link with static libraries -static
Link Intel® libcxa C++ library statically -static-libcxa
Link with dynamic libraries -i_dynamic
Use no C++ libraries -no_cpprt
Use no system libraries -nodefaultlibs
gcc compatibility options -cxxlib-icc
-cxxlib-gcc
-fabi-version
-gcc-version
Process OpenMP directives -openmp
-openmp_stubs
Additional libraries -l
Search directory for libraries -L
Archiver options -r