about -00 option of gcc
 

Hello everyone,


What is the function of -00 option in gcc? I can not find related descriptions from gcc manual.


thanks in advance,
George

Did you try the manpages?
Depending on what pager is used on your system (on mine, it's "less"), you can often search the manpage that you're viewing by typing a / followed by the string you wish to search for.

The / key for searching is VERY common... it's used in less, vim, lynx, and many other command line tools. After performing at least one search, just typing / followed by enter finds the next occurence.

Typing /-O0 and pressing enter and repeating the search as necessary would eventually lead you to the following:
Spend a few more minutes searching. Google is your friend, and the description of this option and all others is easily locatable in the gcc manpage and in the online gcc manual at the gcc site. Look in the section about command line options, and in the subsection about optimization options.

He probably didn't find it because he was searching for -00, not -O0. understandable.

gcc -O0: disable optimizations
 

Hi -

The "-O0" turns optimizations OFF.

You would do this if you want to make sure the code you're executing matches (as closely as possible) the code you actually wrote (without the compiler "second guessing" you).

For this reason, compiling with "-g" (debug) usually implicitly sets "-O0" (so the code you're debugging matches the executable).

And yes, "man" is definitely your friend!