Sun Studio 12: Fortran Programming Guide

9.1.1.6 -depend

Adding -depend to optimization levels -O3 and higher extends the compiler’s ability to optimize DO loops and loop nests. With this option, the optimizer analyzes inter-iteration data dependences to determine whether or not certain transformations of the loop structure can be performed. Only loops without data dependences can be restructured. However, the added analysis might increase compilation time.