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Figure 10.9.
The C++ page of the
Project Options dialog
box.
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At the top of this page is a section called Speed Settings that contains two buttons. The Full
Debug button sets the default compiler options for a typical debug session. These are the
settings you will be most likely to use while debugging your application. The Release button
sets the compiler options for a typical release build. Use the Release settings after you have
debugged your application and are ready to ship the final product. Be sure that you do a Build
All of your project after changing compiler settings.
The Full Debug and Release buttons set the compiler settings to the
suggested settings for debugging or final release, respectively. You can
always change individual options after choosing one of these speed
buttons.
The remainder of the C++ page is broken down into four sections. Let’s examine each section
so that you can better understand the different compiler options.
Code Optimization
The compiler can be configured to perform optimizations on your code. When optimizations
are turned off (the None radio button is selected) in the Code optimization section of the C++
page, the compiler makes no attempts to optimize code in any way.
If you choose the Speed option, the compiler will generate the fastest code possible without
regard to code size. When optimizations are set to Speed with scheduling, the compiler will
optimize to take advantage of Pentium Pipeline Instructions. In most cases you should leave
this option on the default setting chosen when you press either the Full Debug or Release
speed buttons.
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