-qstatsym

IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX 17.1.3 produces all variables with a persistent storage duration, including global, static, and thread-local variables, as symbols in the symbol table when you specify the -fkeep-persistent-storage-variables option. If you used the -qstatsym option in IBM® XL C/C++ for AIX® 16.1.0 or earlier releases, compile your program using -fkeep-persistent-storage-variables when migrating the program to IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX 17.1.3.