Sun Studio 12 Update 1: Fortran User's Guide

3.3.2 Macro Flags

Some option flags are macros that expand into a specific set of other flags. These are provided as a convenient way to specify a number of options that are usually expressed together to select a certain feature.

Table 3–5 Macro Option Flags

Option Flag  

Expansion  

-dalign

-xmemalign=8s -aligncommon=16

-f

-aligncommon=16

-fast

See description of —fast for complete current expansion.

-fnonstd

-fns -ftrap=common

-xia=widestneed

-xinterval=widestneed -ftrap=%none -fns=no -fsimple=0

-xia=strict

-xinterval=strict -ftrap=%none -fns=no -fsimple=0

-xtarget

-xarch=a -xcache=b -xchip=c

Settings that follow the macro flag on the command line override or add to the the expansion of the macro.