Re: Add optimization switch to compiler dependencies

[Ralph Lange <ralph.lange@gmx.de>]

Interesting.

I was thinking more about source code and function level granularity, i.e. wrapping a compiler attribute:

void myTestFunction(void) EPICS_OPTIMIZATION_OFF

{}

Cheers,
~Ralph

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Johnson, Andrew N. <anj@aps.anl.gov> wrote:

Hi Ralph,

I can't try this myself right now but it might be possible to do that already, using a target specific setting of the HOST_OPT and CROSS_OPT variables. Something like this:

epicsCalc$(OBJ): HOST_OPT=NO
epicsCalc$(OBJ): CROSS_OPT=NO

Note that the target involved is the .o file, not the final executable. Not sure where in the Makefile that belongs either.

It might be worth looking at combining the two _OPT variables to simplify that, but I don't remember how they get used.

- Andrew

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> On Aug 21, 2017, at 6:45 AM, Ralph Lange <ralph.lange@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Short question:
>
> Would it be worthwhile to add a keyword to the EPICS compiler dependent definitions stuff in libCom/osi that switches off optimization for a function?
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> Especially for things like test code, implementing tricks to keep the compiler from optimizing away code seems a hopeless struggle against compiler developers.
>
> Cheers,
> ~Ralph
>