Re: -fno-strict-aliasing

From: Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Date: Tue Apr 18 2000 - 11:49:34 EDT

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    Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com> writes:

    > Can anybody tell me what the gcc flag "-fno-strict-aliasing" does?
    > It's used by default on kernel builts but not documented in the gcc man page.
    > I'm curious how many other flags exist that also aren't documented, or if there
    > is some place these are actually documented?

    % man gcc
    GCC(1) GNU Tools GCC(1)

    NAME
           gcc, g++ - GNU project C and C++ Compiler (gcc-2.95)

    [...]

    WARNING
           The information in this man page is an extract from the
           full documentation of the GNU C compiler, and is limited
           to the meaning of the options.

           This man page is not kept up to date except when volun­
           teers want to maintain it. If you find a discrepancy
           between the man page and the software, please check the
           Info file, which is the authoritative documentation.

    It is documented there.

    -Andi

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