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3.4 Options Controlling C Dialect
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The following options control the dialect of C (or languages derived
from C, such as C++, Objective-C and Objective-C++) that the compiler
accepts:
`-ansi'
In C mode, this is equivalent to `-std=c89'. In C++ mode, it is
equivalent to `-std=c++98'.
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 `asm' and `typeof' keywords, and
predefined macros such as `unix' and `vax' 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 `//' comments as well as the `inline'
keyword.
The alternate keywords `__asm__', `__extension__', `__inline__'
and `__typeof__' continue to work despite `-ansi'. 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 `-ansi'. Alternate predefined macros such as `__unix__'
and `__vax__' are also available, with or without `-ansi'.
The `-ansi' option does not cause non-ISO programs to be rejected
gratuitously. For that, `-pedantic' is required in addition to
`-ansi'. Warning Options.
The macro `__STRICT_ANSI__' is predefined when the `-ansi' 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.
Functions that would normally be built in but do not have semantics
defined by ISO C (such as `alloca' and `ffs') are not built-in
functions when `-ansi' is used. Other built-in functions
provided by GCC Other Builtins, for details of the functions
affected.
`-std='
Determine the language standard. Language Standards
Supported by GCC Standards, for details of these standard
versions. This option is currently only supported when compiling
C or C++.
The compiler can accept several base standards, such as `c89' or
`c++98', and GNU dialects of those standards, such as `gnu89' or
`gnu++98'. By specifying a base standard, the compiler will
accept all programs following that standard and those using GNU
extensions that do not contradict it. For example, `-std=c89'
turns off certain features of GCC that are incompatible with ISO
C90, such as the `asm' and `typeof' keywords, but not other GNU
extensions that do not have a meaning in ISO C90, such as omitting
the middle term of a `?:' expression. On the other hand, by
specifying a GNU dialect of a standard, all features the compiler
support are enabled, even when those features change the meaning
of the base standard and some strict-conforming programs may be
rejected. The particular standard is used by `-pedantic' to
identify which features are GNU extensions given that version of
the standard. For example `-std=gnu89 -pedantic' would warn about
C++ style `//' comments, while `-std=gnu99 -pedantic' would not.
A value for this option must be provided; possible values are
`c89'
`iso9899:1990'
Support all ISO C90 programs (certain GNU extensions that
conflict with ISO C90 are disabled). Same as `-ansi' for C
code.
`iso9899:199409'
ISO C90 as modified in amendment 1.
`c99'
`c9x'
`iso9899:1999'
`iso9899:199x'
ISO C99. Note that this standard is not yet fully supported;
see `http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/c99status.html' for more
information. The names `c9x' and `iso9899:199x' are
deprecated.
`gnu89'
GNU dialect of ISO C90 (including some C99 features). This is
the default for C code.
`gnu99'
`gnu9x'
GNU dialect of ISO C99. When ISO C99 is fully implemented in
GCC, this will become the default. The name `gnu9x' is
deprecated.
`c++98'
The 1998 ISO C++ standard plus amendments. Same as `-ansi' for
C++ code.
`gnu++98'
GNU dialect of `-std=c++98'. This is the default for C++
code.
`c++0x'
The working draft of the upcoming ISO C++0x standard. This
option enables experimental features that are likely to be
included in C++0x. The working draft is constantly changing,
and any feature that is enabled by this flag may be removed
from future versions of GCC if it is not part of the C++0x
standard.
`gnu++0x'
GNU dialect of `-std=c++0x'. This option enables experimental
features that may be removed in future versions of GCC.
`-fgnu89-inline'
The option `-fgnu89-inline' tells GCC to use the traditional GNU
semantics for `inline' functions when in C99 mode. An
Inline Function is As Fast As a Macro Inline. This option is
accepted and ignored by GCC versions 4.1.3 up to but not including
4.3. In GCC versions 4.3 and later it changes the behavior of GCC
in C99 mode. Using this option is roughly equivalent to adding the
`gnu_inline' function attribute to all inline functions (
Function Attributes).
The option `-fno-gnu89-inline' explicitly tells GCC to use the C99
semantics for `inline' when in C99 or gnu99 mode (i.e., it
specifies the default behavior). This option was first supported
in GCC 4.3. This option is not supported in C89 or gnu89 mode.
The preprocessor macros `__GNUC_GNU_INLINE__' and
`__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__' may be used to check which semantics are in
effect for `inline' functions. Common Predefined Macros
(cpp)Common Predefined Macros.
`-aux-info FILENAME'
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.
Besides declarations, the file indicates, in comments, the origin
of each declaration (source file and line), whether the
declaration was implicit, prototyped or unprototyped (`I', `N' for
new or `O' for old, respectively, in the first character after the
line number and the colon), and whether it came from a declaration
or a definition (`C' or `F', 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.
`-fno-asm'
Do not recognize `asm', `inline' or `typeof' as a keyword, so that
code can use these words as identifiers. You can use the keywords
`__asm__', `__inline__' and `__typeof__' instead. `-ansi' implies
`-fno-asm'.
In C++, this switch only affects the `typeof' keyword, since `asm'
and `inline' are standard keywords. You may want to use the
`-fno-gnu-keywords' flag instead, which has the same effect. In
C99 mode (`-std=c99' or `-std=gnu99'), this switch only affects
the `asm' and `typeof' keywords, since `inline' is a standard
keyword in ISO C99.
`-fno-builtin'
`-fno-builtin-FUNCTION'
Don't recognize built-in functions that do not begin with
`__builtin_' as prefix. Other built-in functions provided
by GCC Other Builtins, for details of the functions affected,
including those which are not built-in functions when `-ansi' or
`-std' options for strict ISO C conformance are used because they
do not have an ISO standard meaning.
GCC normally generates special code to handle certain built-in
functions more efficiently; for instance, calls to `alloca' may
become single instructions that adjust the stack directly, and
calls to `memcpy' 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 `-Wformat' for bad calls to `printf', when `printf' is
built in, and `strlen' is known not to modify global memory.
With the `-fno-builtin-FUNCTION' option only the built-in function
FUNCTION is disabled. FUNCTION must not begin with `__builtin_'.
If a function is named that is not built-in in this version of
GCC, this option is ignored. There is no corresponding
`-fbuiltin-FUNCTION' option; if you wish to enable built-in
functions selectively when using `-fno-builtin' or
`-ffreestanding', you may define macros such as:
#define abs(n) __builtin_abs ((n))
#define strcpy(d, s) __builtin_strcpy ((d), (s))
`-fhosted'
Assert that compilation takes place in a hosted environment. This
implies `-fbuiltin'. A hosted environment is one in which the
entire standard library is available, and in which `main' has a
return type of `int'. Examples are nearly everything except a
kernel. This is equivalent to `-fno-freestanding'.
`-ffreestanding'
Assert that compilation takes place in a freestanding environment.
This implies `-fno-builtin'. A freestanding environment is one in
which the standard library may not exist, and program startup may
not necessarily be at `main'. The most obvious example is an OS
kernel. This is equivalent to `-fno-hosted'.
Language Standards Supported by GCC Standards, for details
of freestanding and hosted environments.
`-fopenmp'
Enable handling of OpenMP directives `#pragma omp' in C/C++ and
`!$omp' in Fortran. When `-fopenmp' is specified, the compiler
generates parallel code according to the OpenMP Application
Program Interface v2.5 `http://www.openmp.org/'. This option
implies `-pthread', and thus is only supported on targets that
have support for `-pthread'.
`-fms-extensions'
Accept some non-standard constructs used in Microsoft header files.
Some cases of unnamed fields in structures and unions are only
accepted with this option. Unnamed struct/union fields
within structs/unions Unnamed Fields, for details.
`-trigraphs'
Support ISO C trigraphs. The `-ansi' option (and `-std' options
for strict ISO C conformance) implies `-trigraphs'.
`-no-integrated-cpp'
Performs a compilation in two passes: preprocessing and compiling.
This option allows a user supplied "cc1", "cc1plus", or "cc1obj"
via the `-B' option. The user supplied compilation step can then
add in an additional preprocessing step after normal preprocessing
but before compiling. The default is to use the integrated cpp
(internal cpp)
The semantics of this option will change if "cc1", "cc1plus", and
"cc1obj" are merged.
`-traditional'
`-traditional-cpp'
Formerly, these options caused GCC to attempt to emulate a
pre-standard C compiler. They are now only supported with the
`-E' switch. The preprocessor continues to support a pre-standard
mode. See the GNU CPP manual for details.
`-fcond-mismatch'
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++.
`-flax-vector-conversions'
Allow implicit conversions between vectors with differing numbers
of elements and/or incompatible element types. This option should
not be used for new code.
`-funsigned-char'
Let the type `char' be unsigned, like `unsigned char'.
Each kind of machine has a default for what `char' should be. It
is either like `unsigned char' by default or like `signed char' by
default.
Ideally, a portable program should always use `signed char' or
`unsigned char' when it depends on the signedness of an object.
But many programs have been written to use plain `char' 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.
The type `char' is always a distinct type from each of `signed
char' or `unsigned char', even though its behavior is always just
like one of those two.
`-fsigned-char'
Let the type `char' be signed, like `signed char'.
Note that this is equivalent to `-fno-unsigned-char', which is the
negative form of `-funsigned-char'. Likewise, the option
`-fno-signed-char' is equivalent to `-funsigned-char'.
`-fsigned-bitfields'
`-funsigned-bitfields'
`-fno-signed-bitfields'
`-fno-unsigned-bitfields'
These options control whether a bit-field is signed or unsigned,
when the declaration does not use either `signed' or `unsigned'.
By default, such a bit-field is signed, because this is
consistent: the basic integer types such as `int' are signed types.
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