Standard C Programming in visual studio

[MasterMind]

How can I set the compiler to be a standard c compiler?

Thanks!

 

[Chris M. Thomasson]

How can I set the compiler to be a standard c compiler?

Try: /W4 /Za

 

[Richard Tobin]

/Za "disables Microsoft extensions".

/W4 raises the diagnostic message level to the highest that Visual C
currently supports (AFAIK).

Those two alone, by the way, should be sufficient to give a level of
conformance that will warm the hearts of all but the very most
pernickety of clc regulars.

So, what do you use?

-- Richard

 

[robertwessel2]

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Richard Heathfield <[email protected]>




  And how to set all those options through the GUI?
The title for those options it's the same that the one I
get on the GUI?

While OT, in VS, under Project, (projectname) Properties, for the
configuration you're using, you'll find Configuration Properties, and
under that the C/C++ properties pages. The options are named, but the
effective command line switches selected are displayed as well.

If you want to do this a lot, you can create a project template with
the options and whatnot you want, so that'll always be set when you
start a new project (Google for it), MS, unfortunately, does not
include a straight "C" project template (although it's not that hard
to create your own).

 

[CBFalconer]

How can I set the compiler to be a standard c compiler?

That depends on the actual compiler, and possibly even the system
under which it is running.

Others have given you answers for the Microsoft compiler. More of
the world uses gcc, and for that you can start with:

gcc -W -Wall -ansi -pedantic (and the rest of the cmd line)

For gcc, it is often useful to extend the errors shown. These may
generate unnecessary errors if compiling 'old code', however for
'new code' it would be wise to closely examine anything 'warned'.
So I use:

gcc -W -Wall -ansi -pedantic write-strings -Wfloat-equal -gstabs+
-ftrapv

which is one line, followed by whatever you want. I pack that away
in an alias, called by 'cc'.

 

[Keith Thompson]

That depends on the actual compiler, and possibly even the system
under which it is running.

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