# Wstrict-aliasing

Determines whether warnings are issued for code that might violate the optimizer's strict aliasing rules.

## Syntax

Linux: | -Wstrict-aliasing -Wno-strict-aliasing

Windows: | None

## Arguments

None

## Default

-Wno-strict-aliasing | No warnings are issued for code that might violate the optimizer's strict aliasing rules.

## Description

This option determines whether warnings are issued for code that might violate the optimizer's strict aliasing rules. These warnings will only be issued if you also specify option -fstrict-aliasing.

## IDE Equivalent

None

## Alternate Options

None

Parent topic: Compiler Diagnostic Options