Sun Studio 12: C User's Guide

1.5 Organization of the Compiler

The C compilation system consists of a compiler, an assembler, and a link editor. The cc command invokes each of these components automatically unless you use command-line options to specify otherwise.

Table A–15 discusses all the options available with cc.

The following figure shows the organization of the C compilation system.

Figure 1–1 Organization of the C Compilation System

Diagram showing the components of the C compilation system.

The following table summarizes the components of the compilation system.

Table 1–1 Components of the C Compilation System


Component	Description	Notes on Use
`cpp`	Preprocessor	`-Xs` only
`acomp`	Compiler (preprocessor built in for non-`Xs` modes)
`ssbd`	Static synchronization bug detection	(SPARC)
`iropt`	Code optimizer	`-O`, `-xO2`, `-xO3`, `-xO4`, `-xO5`, `-fast`
`fbe`	Assembler
`cg`	Code generator, inliner, assembler	(SPARC)
`ipo`	Interprocedural Optimizer	(SPARC)
`postopt`	Postoptimizer	(SPARC)
ir2hf	Intermediate code translator	(x86)
ube	Code generator	(x86)
ube_ipa	Interprocedure analyzer	(x86)
`ld`	Linker
`mcs`	Manipulate comment section	`-mr`