ipo-c, Qipo-c

Tells the compiler to optimize across multiple files and generate a single object file.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® EM64T, Intel® Itanium® architecture

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS:	-ipo-c
Windows:	/Qipo-c

Arguments

None

Default

OFF	The compiler does not generate a multifile object file.

Description

This option tells the compiler to optimize across multiple files and generate a single object file (named ipo_out.o on Linux and Mac OS systems; ipo_out.obj on Windows systems).

It performs the same optimizations as -ipo (Linux and Mac OS) or /Qipo (Windows), but compilation stops before the final link stage, leaving an optimized object file that can be used in further link steps.

Alternate Options

Linux: -ipo_c
Mac OS: None
Windows: /Qipo_c