Compiler options file

Proposed format for storing compiler options in editable XML. See: [/index.php/topic,16463.0.html XML based compilers].

<CodeBlocks_compiler_options extends="gcc">
[...]
</CodeBlocks_compiler_options>

I am a Code::Blocks compiler options file.

extends="<id>" (optional)

• Load the corresponding options_<id>.xml file first (use if this compiler is almost the same, with only a few altered programs or added switches, for example).

<if platform="windows">
[...]
</if>
<else>
[...]
</else>

Standard if statement; contents of if block is evaluated if the if statement is true, otherwise the else block is evaluated (the else block is optional). Nesting is allowed.

platform="<os>" (platform is the only condition currently defined). <os> is one of:

• windows
• macosx
• linux
• freebsd
• netbsd
• openbsd
• darwin
• solaris
• unix

<Program name="C" value="mingw32-gcc.exe"/>

Give the name of an executable

name="<prog>". <prog> is one of:

• C
• CPP
• LD
• DBG
• DBGconfig
• LIB
• WINDRES
• MAKE

value="<exec>" (actual name of the executable).

<Switch name="includeDirs" value="-I"/>

Switches controlling compiler constants.

name="<opt>". <opt> is one of:

• includeDirs
• libDirs
• linkLibs
• defines
• genericSwitch
• objectExtension
• forceFwdSlashes. value is one of true or false
• forceLinkerUseQuotes. value is one of true or false
• forceCompilerUseQuotes. value is one of true or false
• needDependencies. value is one of true or false
• logging. value is one of:
  • default (same as full)
  • full
  • simple
  • none
• libPrefix
• libExtension
• linkerNeedsLibPrefix. value is one of true or false
• linkerNeedsLibExtension. value is one of true or false
• supportsPCH. value is one of true or false
• PCHExtension
• UseFlatObjects. value is one of true or false
• UseFullSourcePaths. value is one of true or false
• Use83Paths. value is one of true or false

<Option name="Profile code when executed"
        option="-pg"
        additionalLibs="-pg -lgmon"
        category="Profiling"
        checkAgainst="-O -O1 -O2 -O3 -Os"
        checkMessage="You have optimizations enabled. This is Not A Good Thing(tm) when producing debugging symbols..."
        supersedes="-s"
        exclusive="true"/>

Definition of a compiler flag.

• name. Human readable description of the flag.
• option. Flags to be sent to the compiler (optional).
• additionalLibs. Flags to be sent to the linker (optional).
• category. The category this flag is in (optional; defaults to "General").
• checkAgainst. Show a warning message if any of these flags are enabled (optional).
• checkMessage. Warning message to show upon conflict (optional).
• superseds. Automatically disable the list of superseded flags if this flag is enabled (optional).
• exclusive. Disable all other flags in this category if this flag is enabled. Is one of true or false (optional).

<Category name="CPU architecture tuning"
          exclusive="true">
[...]
</Category>

name="<cat>". Any flags (<Option [...] />) contained in here that lack the category attribute will be treated as category <cat>.

exclusive. Is one of true or false. Any flags (<Option [...] />) contained in here that lack the exclusive attribute will be treated as this. (Optional.)

<Common name="optimization"/>

Load options from a common file.

name="<file>"

• Loads options_common_<file>.xml (file syntax is exactly the same as this file).

<Command name="CompileObject"
         value="$compiler $options $includes -c $file -o $object"/>

Definitions for forming compiler commands

name="<cmd>". <cmd> is one of:

• CompileObject
• GenDependencies
• CompileResource
• LinkExe
• LinkConsoleExe
• LinkDynamic
• LinkStatic
• LinkNative