Intel® C++ Compiler Classic Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767249
Date 12/16/2022
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fcommon

Determines whether the compiler treats common symbols as global definitions.

Syntax

Linux:

-fcommon

-fno-common

macOS:

-fcommon

-fno-common

Windows:

None

Arguments

None

Default

-fcommon

The compiler does not treat common symbols as global definitions.

Description

This option determines whether the compiler treats common symbols as global definitions and to allocate memory for each symbol at compile time.

Option -fno-common tells the compiler to treat common symbols as global definitions. When using this option, you can only have a common variable declared in one module; otherwise, a link time error will occur for multiple defined symbols.

Normally, a file-scope declaration with no initializer and without the extern or static keyword "int i;" is represented as a common symbol. Such a symbol is treated as an external reference. However, if no other compilation unit has a global definition for the name, the linker allocates memory for it.

IDE Equivalent

Visual Studio: None

Eclipse: Data > Allow gprel Addressing of Common Data Variables

Xcode: Data > Allow gprel Addressing of Common Data Variables

Alternate Options

None