Uncommon but useful GCC command line options - part 2 | Linux Today

Uncommon but useful GCC command line options – part 2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 1, 2016

If you recall, in the beginning of the first part of this tutorial series, I briefly mentioned that the -Wall option that developers generally use for generating warnings doesn’t cover some specific warnings. If you aren’t aware of these warnings and have no idea on how to enable them, worry not, as we’ll be explaining all that in detail in this article. Aside from this, we’ll also be covering a gcc warning option related to floating point variables, as well as how to better manage the gcc command line options if the list grows large.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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