debug (Windows*)
Enables or disables generation of
debugging information.
This content is specific to C++; it does not apply to
DPC++
.Syntax
Linux:
None
Windows:
/debug
[
:
keyword
]
Arguments
- keyword
- Is the type of debugging information to be generated. Possible values are:
- none
- Disables generation of debugging information.
- fullorall
- Generates complete debugging information.
- minimal
- Generates line number information for debugging.
- partial
- Deprecated. Generates global symbol table information needed for linking.
- [no]expr-source-pos
- Determines whether the compiler generates source position information at the expression level of granularity.
- [no]inline-debug-info
- Determines whether the compiler generates enhanced debug information for inlined code.
For information on the non-default settings for these
keywords, see the Description section.
Default
- /debug:none
- This is the default on the command line and for a release configuration in the IDE.
- /debug:all
- This is the default for a debug configuration in the IDE.
Description
This option enables or disables generation of debugging
information. It is passed to the linker.
By default, enabling debugging, will disable
optimization. To enable both debugging and optimization use the
/debug
option together
with one of the optimization level options (/O3
,
/O2
or
/O3
).
If conflicting keywords are used in combination, the last
one specified on the command line has precedence.
Option
| Description
|
|---|---|
/debug:none | Disables generation of debugging information.
|
/debug:full or
/debug:all | Generates complete debugging information. It
produces symbol table information needed for full symbolic debugging of
unoptimized code and global symbol information needed for linking. It is the
same as specifying
/debug with no
keyword.
|
/debug:minimal | Generates line number information for
debugging.
|
/debug:partial | Generates global symbol table information
needed for linking, but not local symbol table information needed for
debugging. This option is deprecated and is not available in the IDE.
|
/debug:expr-source-pos | Generates source position information at the
statement level of granularity.
|
/debug:inline-debug-info | Generates enhanced debug information for
inlined code.
On inlined functions, symbols are (by default) associated with the
caller. This option causes symbols for inlined functions to be associated with
the source of the called function.
|
IDE Equivalent
Visual Studio:
Debugging > Enable
Expanded Line Number Information
(/debug:expr-source-pos
)
Eclipse:
None
Alternate Options
- For/debug:allor/debug
- Linux: NoneWindows:/Zi