# Optimization Options

This section contains descriptions for compiler options that pertain to optimization.

Parent topic: Compiler Option Details

- falias, Oa
  Determines whether aliasing is assumed in a program.
- fast
  Maximizes speed across the entire program.
- fbuiltin, Oi
  Enables or disables inline expansion of intrinsic functions.
- fdefer-pop
  Determines whether the compiler always pops the arguments to each function call as soon as that function returns.
- ffnalias, Ow
  Determines whether aliasing is assumed within functions.
- ffunction-sections
  Places each function in its own COMDAT section.
- foptimize-sibling-calls
  Determines whether the compiler optimizes tail recursive calls.
- fprotect-parens, Qprotect-parens
  Determines whether the optimizer honors parentheses when floating-point expressions are evaluated.
- GF
  Enables read-only string-pooling optimization.
- nolib-inline
  Disables inline expansion of standard library or intrinsic functions.
- O
  Specifies the code optimization for applications.
- Od
  Disables all optimizations.
- Ofast
  Sets certain aggressive options to improve the speed of your application.
- Os
  Enables optimizations that do not increase code size; it produces smaller code size than O2.
- Ot
  Enables all speed optimizations.
- Ox
  Enables maximum optimizations.