/O options (Optimize code) (original) (raw)

The /O options control various optimizations that help you create code for maximum speed or minimum size.

• /O1 sets a combination of optimizations that generate minimum size code.
• /O2 sets a combination of optimizations that optimizes code for maximum speed.
• /Ob controls inline function expansion.
• /Od disables optimization, to speed compilation and simplify debugging.
• /Og (deprecated) enables global optimizations.
• /Oi generates intrinsic functions for appropriate function calls.
• /Os tells the compiler to favor optimizations for size over optimizations for speed.
• /Ot (a default setting) tells the compiler to favor optimizations for speed over optimizations for size.
• /Ox is a combination option that selects several of the optimizations with an emphasis on speed. /Ox is a strict subset of the /O2 optimizations.
• /Oy suppresses the creation of frame pointers on the call stack for quicker function calls.

Remarks

You can combine multiple /O options into a single option statement. For example, /Odi is the same as /Od /Oi. Certain options are mutually exclusive and cause a compiler error if used together. For more information, see the individual /O options.

See also

MSVC compiler options
MSVC compiler command-line syntax