Specifying compiler options
Compiler options perform a wide variety of functions, such as setting compiler characteristics, describing the object code and compiler output to be produced, and performing some preprocessor functions. You can specify compiler options in one or more of the following ways:
- On the command line
- In a custom configuration file, which is a file with a .cfg extension
- In your source program
- As system environment variables
- In a makefile
The compiler assumes default settings for most compiler options not explicitly set by you in the ways listed above.
When specifying compiler options, it is possible for option conflicts and incompatibilities to occur. The XL C/C++ compiler resolves most of these conflicts and incompatibilities in a consistent fashion, as follows:
In most cases, the compiler uses the following order in resolving conflicting or incompatible options:
- Pragma statements in source code override compiler options specified on the command line.
- Compiler options specified on the command line override compiler options specified as environment variables or in a configuration file. If conflicting or incompatible compiler options are specified in the same command line compiler invocation, the subsequent option in the invocation takes precedence.
- Compiler options specified as environment variables override compiler options specified in a configuration file.
- Compiler options specified in a configuration file, command line or source program override compiler default settings.
See the following topics for further details:
