Wformat-security
Determines whether the compiler issues a
warning when the use of format functions may cause security problems.
Syntax
Linux:
-Wformat-security
-Wno-format-security
Windows:
None
Arguments
None
Default
- -Wno-format-security
- No warning is issued when the use of format functions may cause security problems.
Description
This option determines whether the compiler issues a
warning when the use of format functions may cause security problems.
When
-Wformat-security
is
specified, it warns about uses of format functions where the format string is
not a string literal and there are no format arguments.
IDE Equivalent
None
Alternate Options
None